concede
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit.
Example Sentences
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“They concededly have suffered no physical harm. They have offered no plausible theory of economic harm.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
The decision to “just focus on these victims and put in a concededly thin case,” he said, “was the right one,” coupled with what he called an appeal to jurors’ “common sense.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
John Daly - “Long John,” “Lion” and “Wild Thing” The “Lion” tag is self-appointed, which is concededly lame.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
"Their revelation of their father's crimes led to the collapse of the profitable – and concededly legitimate – market-making and trading businesses that they had spent their professional lives building," said the court filing.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010
Thus Great Britain concededly shared in creating a condition relied upon as a sufficient ground to justify the interception of American goods destined to neutral European ports.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
