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
• That was the Predators’ seventh shot on net, and enough for Greiss to cede the crease to Calvin Pickard.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2021
• The Arab League needs to keep in front of the debate on Jerusalem, the analysts agree, and not cede the field to Hamas.
  — New York Times, 14 May 2021
• Clear skies keep the sun on full display, but cool air is slow to cede ground.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
• The other way is to cede nothing but go out and beat them fair and square.
  — The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
• 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
• The state plans to cede five minutes of its time to the Justice Department.
  — NBC News, 11 Mar. 2020
• 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
• The stubborn impulse to keep going, not to cede to despair, is just too strong.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2020
• Those gains have been ceded, but players insist the race is far from over.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
• The idea that Trump could retake the reins of power by having Vance, or some other placeholder, run, win and then cede the Oval Office back to him faces its own high hurdle.
  — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
• What force could be great enough for California to cede its right to dictate its energy policy to Trump and coal plant owners?
  — Jamie Court, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025