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 | [email protected], 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
  • And the boys of summer cede the spotlight to the gladiators of the gridiron.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 17 July 2023
  • Apple cannot afford to cede the home to Alexa any further.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 June 2024
  • 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
  • But in mid-March they were forced to cede the town and retreat some 20 miles, even losing Pavlivka.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • 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
  • Her voice fit the bluesy, sultry song well, and Stapleton, a true pro at big-time duets, knew how to cede the stage.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 May 2024
  • Nadia heeds none of this and seems to cede control of her own story, losing Ruth in the process.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Those gains have been ceded, but players insist the race is far from over.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And there’s often pushback from those who don’t want to cede control.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • And ceding a sense of empowerment to improve the world to the ultra-wealthy is what keeps Wales up at night.
    — Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 17 Sep. 2024
  • There were also concerns about how much control the bill would cede to parents.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Mala won’t cede her knowledge of her husband or of life to the coercive tidiness of the trauma plot.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Bogaerts can cede shortstop to Mayer in a few years and move to a different spot.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
  • 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
  • When will all those dads watching know to cede certain decisions to their kids?
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 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
  • The raw pleasures of the flesh cede to the propriety of form with almost antiseptic elegance.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024

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