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- she reluctantly ceded her position as leader
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- Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American War
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- the President officially cedes his position on the January 20th immediately following the presidential election
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“Cede.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cede. Accessed 24 January 2020.
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The first known use of cede was in 1749
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