How to Use concession in a Sentence

concession

noun
  • We are waiting for his concession of the election.
  • The candidate made an emotional concession speech when it was clear that he had lost.
  • The strikers have won some important concessions from the company.
  • Aren’t these moves a concession that Comstock never went away?
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • Admission is free for all movie-goers, and the concession stand will remain open, the site said.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2023
  • Pack your own Krabby Patty picnic, or stock up on a boat-load of eats from our concessions stand.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • The biggest concession to industry pressures has been to put the company up for sale.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But for the people who operate the rides and work the concession stands, the experience may be far from happy.
    Rachel Micah-Jones, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The family business is the longest-running concession stand at the fair and has sold sausages for 93 years.
    Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The concession stands and food court offer abundant quick meals, from pizza and burgers to Tex-Mex treats and ice cream.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 12 May 2023
  • The key concession was the return of Russian hitman Vadim Krasikov, who was in jail in Germany.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • That means having a cold tub (a plastic container big enough to submerge an athlete's core in the water) and access to ice and water ― such as from a nearby concession stand.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 10 May 2023
  • After picking peaches, zucchini or cucumbers, head to the concessions stand for burritos, quesadillas or a cup of cold apple cider.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In adapting to the new realities of his illness, Matisse wasn’t just making accommodations or concessions.
    Mo Rocca, Contributor,jonathan Greenberg, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Amy ran the concession stand, and Ken worked the grill.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But the late concession took the air out of the building.
    oregonlive, 7 May 2023
  • The man did, and his wife joined the concession stand crew.
    Mike Joseph, ExpressNews.com, 20 May 2020
  • The parking is the main money, and the concession stand.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2022
  • Long enough to stretch outside the store and mesh with the concession lines.
    Dan Gelston, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2021
  • Prices for items sold at the concession stand range from $1 to $8.
    courant.com, 25 June 2021
  • Even with no more than 250 fans in the stands and not a concession stand in sight.
    Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • To avoid long lines, go to the concession stands near home plate or on the third-base line.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2022
  • After the game, the umpires walked to the concession stand to pick up their stipends.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • To avoid long lines, use the concession stands near home plate or on the third-base line.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • And that’s just what’s offered at one end of the concession stand.
    Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2019
  • The arena's concession stands did not sell beer at the event.
    Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2020
  • This is all to say that road life doesn’t have to come with concessions.
    Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 10 May 2018
  • No snow balls or ice cream from the concession stand, though.
    Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Even those of us with the best intentions have to make concessions from the to time, though.
    Emily Farra, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2018
  • There were new players on the ice to cheer, new seats to find and new concession stands to seek.
    New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021

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