concession
noun
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument.
concessions
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pluralof concession.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Gen. Rob Bonta made it clear Tuesday he holds the power to extract major concessions in the battle over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The concessions that would have had to have been made would not have been tenable here in Canada,” said Diamond Isinger, who advised Trudeau on U.S.-Canada relations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A poll published earlier in the week revealed that 56 percent of Canadians surveyed wanted their government to take a "hard line" and make no more concessions to Washington on trade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
"And this is the person that we were supposed to make a deal with, and we're going to make additional concessions for it."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But the North Vietnamese refused to make any concessions.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
