How to Use cede in a Sentence

cede

verb

• Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.
• But are Democrats in some ways ceding a moral high ground?
  — ABC News, 7 June 2026
• Clear skies keep the sun on full display, but cool air is slow to cede ground.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
• Peace cannot be achieved by ceding sovereignty.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
• The other way is to cede nothing but go out and beat them fair and square.
  — The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
• Certain front men may not want to cede power to someone else.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
• Being forced to cede control is a big part of Lizzy's life too.
  — Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• Hamas has refused to lay down its arms and cede governance of the area yet.
  — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
• LaTonya, for her part, is content to cede the spotlight to him.
  — Maya Rao, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
• Those gains have been ceded, but players insist the race is far from over.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
• Jason is reserved, quick to laugh, and eager to cede the mic to his wife.
  — Julia Fesenthal, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2019
• And there’s often pushback from those who don’t want to cede control.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022
• Zelenskyy to date has refused to cede any land.
  — Justin Papp, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
• Choosing silence also cedes our right to free speech.
  — Jenna Norton, STAT, 12 Mar. 2026
• In this instance, the goalie cedes a lot of ice behind him to cover off a pass.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 May 2026
• The great flip has happened; the mind has ceded its power, and the body reigns supreme.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
• Stakes are too high for Americans to cede their power of the vote.
  — Otis Moss Iii, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
• And perhaps the greatest challenge will be if they are asked to cede power.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2020
• The stubborn impulse to keep going, not to cede to despair, is just too strong.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2020
• Any team that takes longer will cede the throw-in to the other team or give the opponent a corner kick.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
• No one wants to cede authority and power.
  — Paul Bernstein, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
• The government ceded ground and offered to take prison time off the table.
  — Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
• But Branson, a showman as much as a businessman, is not one to cede the stage.
  — Nicholas Schmidl, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
• Now there is no experience, and restaurants cede control as soon as the bag leaves.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
• The Hoosiers ceded the higher ground and are battling against a very slippery slope.
  — Justin Williams, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
• 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
• That’s what happens when the hegemon cedes hegemony.
  — Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
• 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
• In this case, Davis is more amused than embarrassed, and soon cedes the new man to Winnie.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Each netminder ceded four goals.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025