sweetening

Example Sentences

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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 posted its results shortly after sweetening its $72 billion bid for Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 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

Tennis Australia is equally as bold as its American counterparts, but it does not have the same financial clout to offer the mountain of prize money and sweetening appearance fees.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

I had seen lots of Persians drink their tea this way—sipping it through a cube of sugar—but I was categorically opposed to sweetening tea in any way.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram