How to Use cede in a Sentence

cede

verb

• Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.
• The island was formally ceded to the British in the 1800s.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 24 July 2023
• Being forced to cede control is a big part of Lizzy's life too.
  — Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• And the boys of summer cede the spotlight to the gladiators of the gridiron.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
• Twitter may have a new CEO, but Musk isn’t about to cede control.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
• Talk shifted more to Xs and Os once Sankey ceded the stage to the football guys.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023
• Apple cannot afford to cede the home to Alexa any further.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 June 2024
• The day after the city ceded to Brodeur’s request, the Senate passed its pre-emption of the ban.
  — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• At this stage of his life, Wahlberg, 52, is happy to cede the spotlight to a furry friend.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
• By the summer of 2013, the regime had ceded control of most of northern Syria.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• But in mid-March they were forced to cede the town and retreat some 20 miles, even losing Pavlivka.
  — New York Times, 21 July 2022
• Both teams played their starters in the first half before ceding minutes to the reserves in the second half.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Her voice fit the bluesy, sultry song well, and Stapleton, a true pro at big-time duets, knew how to cede the stage.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 May 2024
• Nadia heeds none of this and seems to cede control of her own story, losing Ruth in the process.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2022
• Those gains have been ceded, but players insist the race is far from over.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
• And there’s often pushback from those who don’t want to cede control.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
• One of the most powerful men in the NFL is open to ceding some of that power and declaring so publicly?
  — Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
• Daylight was ceding time to darkness, and the sea ice was starting to advance.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
• And so their son grew up, unwilling to cede his agency to anyone.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
• In many ways, Netflix appeared to be the best positioned to weather the storm, and the least likely to cede to the demands of the Writers Guild.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• And ceding a sense of empowerment to improve the world to the ultra-wealthy is what keeps Wales up at night.
  — Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 17 Sep. 2024
• There were also concerns about how much control the bill would cede to parents.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2022
• Mala won’t cede her knowledge of her husband or of life to the coercive tidiness of the trauma plot.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
• Bogaerts can cede shortstop to Mayer in a few years and move to a different spot.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
• In ceding the floor to Joan, and tracing Ted’s path without a hint of rancor, James has made a bold artistic and moral choice.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
• And rather than cede to Dartmouth the recruiting edge of a salary and benefits, the rest of the Ivy League could be prompted to accept unions as well.
  — Jimmy Golen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
• When will all those dads watching know to cede certain decisions to their kids?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
• At half, the Timbers led 2-1, but momentum had been ceded.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2023
• That plan involved ceding swathes of Ukraine to Russian control.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
• The raw pleasures of the flesh cede to the propriety of form with almost antiseptic elegance.
  — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024