yield

In a sentence

Six example sentences with yield, each labelled with its topic.

• Ten thousand pounds in that account will yield about four hundred a year at the current rate.

  Finance

• One kilo of tomatoes will yield roughly two cups of sauce once the water has cooked away.

  Cooking

• Replanting the hedgerows yielded more than shelter: beetle counts tripled and the farm's pollinators returned within three summers.

  Environment

• The survey yielded thirty new species of beetle from a single hectare of forest canopy.

  Science

• Six weeks of consistent training yielded a faster mile than three years of occasional jogging had.

  Fitness

• The pricing test yielded a clear answer within a week: users would pay for storage but not for themes.

  Startups

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More Academic words

• evaluation
• criteria
• justification
• proceeding
• ambiguity
• commissioned
• discrete
• resolved
• legislation
• emphasized
• purchasing
• investment