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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

That means Italy is set to lose its position as the world's top wine producer to France, which had ceded the crown nine years ago.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

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

Worn down by Mingo’s lobbying, Valentine had ceded organization of the debate.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead