Example Sentences

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The administration is ceding power back to states as well as instituting programs to encourage more state initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Ait-Nouri's arrival tells us Guardiola is done with packing midfielders into the team and is ceding some control in favour of more urgent, vertical attacking football.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

As stock markets pause to take stock, the dollar too is ceding a bit of ground mainly to sterling and the Canadian dollar , and a bit to the euro .

From Reuters • May 16, 2023

The ad-funded business model that’s long subsidized web surfing is ceding ground to a less centralized economy which aims to replace middleman publishers with direct-to-consumer transactions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Winning is a long shot, but Fox’s specialty division is ceding nothing.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015