How to Use cede in a Sentence

cede

verb

• Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.
• The Capitals don’t want to cede open ice to the ex-MVP.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• The area was ceded by treaty from the Osage tribe in 1808.
  — Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• The island was formally ceded to the British in the 1800s.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 24 July 2023
• LaTonya, for her part, is content to cede the spotlight to him.
  — Maya Rao, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
• Being forced to cede control is a big part of Lizzy's life too.
  — Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• At the same time, however, Mr. Biden doesn’t want to cede too much ground.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 15 June 2021
• 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
• The Hoosiers ceded the higher ground and are battling against a very slippery slope.
  — Justin Williams, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The court agreed that the state House must cede to its counterparts in cases like Roberson's.
  — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 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
• But Branson, a showman as much as a businessman, is not one to cede the stage.
  — Nicholas Schmidl, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
• 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
• As the trail has grown, the adventurous trekkers of the start have ceded to a more diverse clientele, some of whom miss the mod cons.
  — Clodagh Kinsella, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The company also announced Roberts and Kravis would cede their voting control of the firm by the end of 2026.
  — Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
• And so their son grew up, unwilling to cede his agency to anyone.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
• John Dutton wouldn’t have ceded the land back to Rainwater, right?
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
• Henderson approaches the task with crisp gravity, ceding the right of tragedy, as almost everyone does, to Rasche’s Bill.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025