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The AI computing player Broadcom had to sweeten its guarantees and work out higher interest rates to get banks to move forward this week on a $63 billion deal to finance chips for Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

According to Hunter, jury members had made up their minds before the remaining three castaways even had a shot to sweeten their chances at the final tribal council.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

New, massive ships filled with amenities and private islands helped sweeten the deal.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

In an interview the CNBC, Ackman said that this was meant to sweeten the deal for IPO investors.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

To sweeten the deal, he agreed to double whatever salary Yardley had offered them.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The Social Security Administration leaves it up to every person to make those decisions for themselves and, yes, it sweetens the pot if you claim later.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

It may also offer them a cut of the spoils from a tolled Strait, but that hardly sweetens the foul deal for the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

The ketchup serves two purposes: It sweetens everything and acts as a binder, thickening the mixture so it can cling to the tofu pieces and season them as they roast.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

What to know: Kabocha’s thick almost amphibious green and white speckled skin gives way to a dry orange flesh, which sweetens when cooked.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023

And then—the glory—so that a cricket song sweetens his ears, the smell of the earth rises chanting to his nose, and dappling light under a tree blesses his eyes.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

It also sweetened advertised salaries for new captains and first officers, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

In one study the authors cite, consumers who say that they regularly avoid sugar still view sweetened cereal as a “permissible indulgence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Cortado Cloud, a 4-ounce espresso or matcha drink sweetened with vanilla syrup and finished with a thick cream top, is exclusive to Studio City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Serve with lightly sweetened orange-zest whipped cream — homemade or straight from the spray can.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Poppy said it before bedtime or if they fell off their bikes—as a soothing syrup, to make them feel sweetened again.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Some are also sold separately for sweetening foods and beverages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Paramount, which had initially bid $108 billion for the entire company, continued to circle, launching a hostile tender offer aimed directly at shareholders and continually sweetening the terms of its bid.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

For PSUS’s do-over listing, Ackman is sweetening the deal by giving those who participate in the fund IPO free shares in Pershing Square.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

My younger neighbors, knowing this, grocery-shopped for me, sweetening my mornings with fresh milk and fruit during those long, grim days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

One oonful of this is more economical and far more sweetening than two of ordinary granulated Sugar.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson