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as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
a person too yielding to even stand up for his own rights
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2
as in limp
not stiff in structure
after sitting on a hard bench for hours, I was happy to sink into the sofa's yielding cushions
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as in surrender
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as in succumbing
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)
I finally yielded to temptation and had a bowl of ice cream
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as in giving
to produce as revenue
I expect that stock to yield at least 14% profit this year
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as in submitting
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
after initially balking at the order, the soldier yielded when the commanding officer threatened a formal charge of insubordination
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as in causing
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the sort of embarrassing question that seldom yields an honest answer
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as in collapsing
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the door soon yielded to the battering ram
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as in relinquishing
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
refusing to yield the city to enemy troops
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as in indulging
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
she yielded herself to temptation and booked a month-long vacation in the Bahamas like she'd wanted to for years
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Recent Examples of yielding
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 July 2024
Or even one in which religion is soft and yielding, called to comfort, rather than afflict.
—Michelle Dowd, Time, 14 June 2023
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The firm’s net interest income has taken a beating in recent quarters as customers move their deposits to higher-yielding alternatives.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Pau noted the rich Chinese are shifting toward capital preservation and higher yielding, low-risk products such as U.S. treasuries, especially after having experienced losses in real estate and domestic equities.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 July 2024
Or even one in which religion is soft and yielding, called to comfort, rather than afflict.
—Michelle Dowd, Time, 14 June 2023
Verb
Much of his support came tumbling down in the last year after backlash over some of his compromises, including aiding Ukraine against conservative wishes and yielding to Elon Musk on short-term spending.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The firm’s net interest income has taken a beating in recent quarters as customers move their deposits to higher-yielding alternatives.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yielding
Adjective
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Suddenly, a season of weekly must-win games and hard conversations gave way to a resigned relaxation.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Crowds gathering for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival on the sprawling palace grounds reached into backpacks for umbrellas with the resigned look of people attending a supremely English occasion designed to be held in sunshine.—
Sophie Elmhirst,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Instead of going limp, Chandler stands up, taking Oliveira with him like a 155-pound backpack, and waddles to the center of the ring.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
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At the liquidator’s shop, Jagriti had watched her mother’s hands go limp in her lap.—
Kanak Kapur,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What spending time on TikTok represents — to me, at least — is a kind of cognitive surrender, a willingness to stop actively directing my thoughts and feelings and to let ByteDance’s algorithm entertain me for a while.—
Kevin Roose,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The surfacing narrative that bothered Kerr and Curry, an under-the-radar avid consumer of Internet content, was the surrender topic.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The church's front doors lay in pieces, succumbing to the flames and the pressure of the water.—
Noe Padilla,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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Frey said believes Hoover slipped on the ice, fell to the ground and was unable to get back up before succumbing to harsh weather conditions.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
22 Dec. 2024
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The Jackson 5 single even manages to re-enter the top 10 on one of them, giving the group a proper Billboard smash yet again, with a track that was released decades ago.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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There are far too many times when Duren is either out of place (usually drop coverage in pick-and-roll situations) or simply not giving enough effort defensively.—
Hunter Patterson,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Residing or working in the country without legal status and submitting false documents to government authorities for a range of benefits or for employment is already a federal crime.—
Ray Stern,
The Arizona Republic,
24 Dec. 2024
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After submitting those contributions for public matching funds, the Adams campaign raked in an additional $22,000 in taxpayers’ cash off of them, records show.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse On March 26, a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the bridge and killing six construction workers who were filling potholes on the span.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
26 Dec. 2024
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This pre-dates the casual fashions that would take hold during the 1960s, eventually collapsing traditional dressiness by the 1970s, making Sumbariners and GMT Masters the thing to wear.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
26 Dec. 2024
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For the Thunder to turn a defensive liability into one of the best defenders in all of basketball, without relinquishing a single draft pick, has to go down as one of the biggest steals of the 2024-2025 NBA season.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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There’s that relinquishing control of the messaging, though!—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Yielding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yielding. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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