Example Sentences

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“We’re at an inflection point in the industry, where if we don’t at least get a bare minimum of protections, we are ceding the right to be replaced,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023

"We can't operate the submarines ourselves. So in effect we are ceding some of our sovereignty to the US, and maybe Britain," Prof Gyngell says.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2021

Too many scientists are ceding responsibility to overstretched decision-makers and public-interest groups.

From Nature • Nov. 12, 2018

We are ceding the social space to bad people, because they have the most time, the least morals and ethics, and are skilled at relentlessly attacking and harassing their targets.”

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2018

But for the first time in its 44-year history, Rolling Stone editors are ceding to readers the final decision about what band to put on a forthcoming cover.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2011