How to Use concede in a Sentence

concede

verb

• He's not ready to concede the election.
• I concede that the work has been slow so far, but it should speed up soon.
• The former ruler was forced to concede power to a new government.
• Although it seems clear that he has lost the election, he still refuses to concede.
• The company says that workers are not conceding enough in negotiations.
• Lane concedes with 11:26 to play in the fourth quarter.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
• Fund investors might have to concede that 2022 will be forgettable.
  — William Power, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022
• In his seventh start this season, Manning tossed six scoreless innings, gave up five hits, did not concede a walk and struck out eight batters.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2022
• In July, Southwest conceded to many of Elliott’s key asks.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• However, Kvitova came back out, refusing to concede and managed to close the gap pretty tight.
  — Sara Tidwell, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2022
• Perhaps this is not the job for a billionaire, concedes Bezos (though without any apparent desire to resign).
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
• And businesses serving segments that are worse placed for a downturn, such as SMBs, should also prepare to concede more in the short term.
  — James Wilton, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• Taliban officials insist that safety has improved overall but concede that stopping suicide bombers is difficult.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
• Even some students concede that their phones can be hugely disruptive during class, and cyberbullying is a persistent issue.
  — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
• Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the league’s reclamation efforts, although baseball concedes that the task will probably take years to complete.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• Today, Cheney doesn’t concede specific regrets about helping to create the atmosphere that gave rise to Trump’s takeover of her party.
  — Jonathan Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
• But enforcement is on pause because officials concede the existing rules conflict with conservation efforts.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
• But the White House and Democrats have been slow to concede that.
  — Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2022
• Even the Almighty would have to concede the Frogs are due.
  — Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2023
• The team has scored 14 times in its five games and didn’t concede once for the first four of those.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• The team also didn't concede a goal in the group stage for the first time at a World Cup.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2019
• In the U.S., the president concedes no items of this list.
  — Henry Porter, The Hive, 14 Aug. 2017
• Ryan concedes that the melody and concept of the tune are pretty great.
  — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 5 June 2019
• With the help of Ertz, the U.S. conceded just one goal in four matches.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• Roth and Jacque called Wied to concede the race late Tuesday.
  — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• The union did concede some things to the studios in exchange for the contract gains.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
• By then, the rain and wind could wash all the dirt back into the grave, Jackson concedes.
  — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 29 May 2018
• On the flip side, the Current concedes the third-most goals (8), while Bay FC concedes the fourth-most (7).
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2024
• The game plan Cincinnati was lucky not to concede in the first half at Nashville.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
• Ly concedes that the 2005 riots did bring some changes.
  — Time, 6 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024