had ceded
- past perfect of cede.
Example Sentences
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That explains why the world’s biggest investment manager recently reclaimed a title it had ceded to one-time corporate cousin Blackstone for most of the past five years: Wall Street’s most-valuable publicly traded asset manager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
For his entire first term, Bush had ceded control of foreign policy to Cheney and Rumsfeld.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
He also claimed that Burkina Faso had ceded a mine, reportedly with gold reserves, near the border with Ghana in exchange for the group's services to deal with the militant insurgency that began in 2015.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2022
Taylor Wright, now the interim head basketball coach at Episcopal Academy out in the Philly suburbs, had ceded power to dad for a practice the day after Thanksgiving.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Worn down by Mingo’s lobbying, Valentine had ceded organization of the debate.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
