cede
verb (used with object)
to yield or formally surrender to another.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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Once the final numbers are tallied for 2013, Mr. Pingree said, he expects the incumbents will have ceded ground to the upstarts.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2014