How to Use cede in a Sentence

cede

verb
Definition of cedenext
Synonyms for cedenext
  • Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.
  • The island was formally ceded to the British in the 1800s.
    — Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
  • Being forced to cede control is a big part of Lizzy's life too.
    — Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Twitter may have a new CEO, but Musk isn’t about to cede control.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • Talk shifted more to Xs and Os once Sankey ceded the stage to the football guys.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • The day after the city ceded to Brodeur’s request, the Senate passed its pre-emption of the ban.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • At this stage of his life, Wahlberg, 52, is happy to cede the spotlight to a furry friend.
    — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • By the summer of 2013, the regime had ceded control of most of northern Syria.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Both teams played their starters in the first half before ceding minutes to the reserves in the second half.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Those gains have been ceded, but players insist the race is far from over.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One of the most powerful men in the NFL is open to ceding some of that power and declaring so publicly?
    — Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Daylight was ceding time to darkness, and the sea ice was starting to advance.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • And so their son grew up, unwilling to cede his agency to anyone.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
  • In many ways, Netflix appeared to be the best positioned to weather the storm, and the least likely to cede to the demands of the Writers Guild.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In ceding the floor to Joan, and tracing Ted’s path without a hint of rancor, James has made a bold artistic and moral choice.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
  • And rather than cede to Dartmouth the recruiting edge of a salary and benefits, the rest of the Ivy League could be prompted to accept unions as well.
    — Jimmy Golen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
  • At half, the Timbers led 2-1, but momentum had been ceded.
    — oregonlive, 16 July 2023
  • That plan involved ceding swathes of Ukraine to Russian control.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Not even Kayak's own marketing team could agree on which passenger should cede the space to their seat mate.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Many Haitians blame Henry for rapidly ceding ground to the gangs and refusing to hold elections that could give the country a fresh start.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The police, outgunned and undermanned, have ceded much of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to the gangs.
    — Ian Austen, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Some leads would hesitate to cede the spotlight or give up punchlines.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In the series finale, the nearly 80-year-old Elizabeth wrestles with the decision of whether to cede her throne in favor of Charles.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Chapman and Combs sang the final chorus together, before Combs ceded the last verse to the woman who wrote the song.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Despite this refusal to cede the land, uranium mines have dotted the landscape for decades.
    — Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But the company ceded control of the space when Keytruda edged ahead, becoming the world’s best-selling medicine.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 30 Oct. 2023
  • His plan is to deliberately open our borders and cede power to the cartels.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Charles Benton To make her large-scale experimental pieces, Robertson has to cede much to chance.
    — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
  • One senses that, even today, Shulman would prefer to cede the spotlight to her roommate.
    — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Lula has also suggested that Ukraine cede Crimea, which Russia had annexed in 2014, in pursuit of a peace deal.
    — David Shortell, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023

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