sweeten
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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
Many counties sweeten the deal with school-tax exemptions for residents 62 or 65-plus.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 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
Ackman also noted another unusual feature of the deal that should help sweeten the pill for anyone with immediate losses on the closed-end fund.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Perhaps a bit of candy might sweeten that sour disposition.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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
Freewheeling assessments of the gaming industry have attracted millions of fans to the YouTube reviews of the personality nicknamed Dunkey, whose self-deprecating humor sweetens his critiques of popular video games.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
The skin and butter brown, the garlic sweetens, the bird infuses with the nutty flavors of the cheese.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
This milk is thick and creamy, and its taste sweetens my tongue.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
After researchers accounted for other potential factors, greater consumption of artificially sweetened beverages was not associated with a higher incidence of gastric cancer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
A premium suggests investors are betting on a sweetened offer or a bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
Mamou made my favorite dish for dinner: zereshk polow, which is rice mixed with sweetened dried red barberries.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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
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
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