ceded
Americanadjective
verb
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Origin of ceded
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London and Madrid have disputed control of Gibraltar since the tiny territory was ceded to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
They won an important toss and rarely ceded the advantage of a 317-run opening stand between Tom Latham and Devon Conway.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The company ceded its second place in India’s concentrated passenger-vehicle market after its market share shrank on a lack of new launches and tough competition, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
They took on added resonance when Opie ceded the space to five friends displaced by the flames, offering food, shelter and a place to regroup.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
In the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the Crown ceded to the United States territory from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, south of the Great Lakes and north of Spanish-occupied Florida.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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