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An estimated $3 million worth of custom furniture has been included in the listing to sweeten the deal, which can also include additional land.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Even powerful players such as Broadcom are having to sweeten the terms offered to banks to secure loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Adopting a psychedelic-rock aesthetic, “Casket” was another stab at optimism; Brock wanted to create something intentionally upbeat to sweeten the sour, post-pandemic mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

“I think Mama’s plan to sweeten Mrs. Kluck up is working,” Sara says.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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

For those of us who make our homes in northerly climates, the fleeting nature of the warmest season sweetens the joy of this frozen treat all the more.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023

South Korea sweetens its arms export deals by offering to transfer technology and facilitate local production, enhancing the domestic defense industries of its buyers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023

This milk is thick and creamy, and its taste sweetens my tongue.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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 pattern was different for artificially sweetened drinks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 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

Again, as it had before when Liyana saw Omer at lunchtime, the afternoon puffed up lightly, joyously, a delicate pastry, a sweetened shell of hours.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Some are also sold separately for sweetening foods and beverages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

John’s brother William saw the sales potential of a grain-based breakfast that only required adding milk, though he thought the bland-tasting result needed sweetening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Netflix is offering to pay $27.75 per share in cash, sweetening its offer from the initial bid, which proposed a mix of cash and shares in the new company.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

It was clearly going to be wet all day, but it was a summer rain, deepening the green of the grass and the trees, sweetening and cleaning the air.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson