cede
verb (used with object), ced·ed, ced·ing.
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Contemporary Examples of ceded
He later apologized for the error, and ceded control of his Twitter handle to his company, Katalyst Media (although not for long).
Ashton Kutcher’s History of Idiocy: Ubergate, Brownface, Joe Paterno, and MoreMarlow Stern
November 20, 2014
Impossible plot machinations have been ceded to Machiavelli and the Italian states.
The left has been ceded a monopoly on caring about black people, and monopolies are dangerous.
A bloody conflict ended in a cease-fire that ceded to the militants the right to institute Sharia law in the Swat area.
For years after that, he claimed to have ceded control of his company, even as it hired his deputy mayors and political allies.
What Conflict of Interest? Michael Bloomberg Eyes the ‘Financial Times.’Michael Moynihan, Harry Siegel
December 11, 2012
Historical Examples of ceded
For this additional consideration the Cherokees release all right to the ceded land, forever.
And ceded on no consideration, for the most part, but that of the general good of the whole.
Mexico ceded to the United States under this agreement the area of an empire!
MexicoCharles Reginald Enock
Ceded to Great Britain in 1815 and given by her in 1864 to Greece.
Victorian WorthiesGeorge Henry Blore
Trieste and certain portions of the Adriatic seaboard to be ceded to Italy.
The Devil's PawE. Phillips Oppenheim