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cede

[seed] / sid /


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While some analysts lauded Sparks’ move, others said it would hit revenue and cede market share to rivals like Adidas, which continues to sell via Topsports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Metro might cede “the massive responsibility of delivering a spectator and workforce transit system” to LA28.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

In return, they cede territorial access to the US military.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Importantly, integrating Claude into Salesforce’s platform causes Salesforce to cede control of its user interface layer in some ways; the company must give up control of where users access Salesforce data from, for instance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Hollander’s essay and the comments of Lethem and Plagens cede ground and seem to grant that art and literature are too soft to withstand scientific examination.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

To get the upfront tax deduction, the donor cedes legal control of the donated funds to the DAF sponsor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

As OpenAI matures, anticipate it will inevitably build an in-house advertising software platform to capture the spend it currently cedes to third parties.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

In this case, Davis is more amused than embarrassed, and soon cedes the new man to Winnie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

How companies respond will determine whether the US continues to lead in innovation and talent - or cedes ground to more welcoming economies.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

It is also expressly stated in this Treaty that France cedes the river and port of Mobile to Great Britain.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by John William Burgess

The army, which also suffered casualties, disputed it had ceded control - but said its soldiers had to "retreat temporarily".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

London and Madrid have disputed control of Gibraltar since the tiny territory -- known affectionately as "The Rock" -- was ceded to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

The company fell behind during the rise of the mobile internet and ceded ground to rivals making processors for smartphones, data center servers and other devices in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

The company ceded its second place in India’s concentrated passenger-vehicle market after its market share shrank on a lack of new launches and tough competition, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

It’s somewhat surprising that Chris ceded to pressure from Walt and Billie about attending college when he refused to listen to them about so many other things.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

That war of wills ended with the Emirates ceding control of Bab el-Mandeb — along with the nearby island of Perim, where the Emirates had built a drone airbase — to Saudi Arabia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Yosemite NPS Employees Union said it was "appalled" by the ceding of public lands for private interests, calling the proposed trade "antithetical to what we stand for" as stewards of the park.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Once in office, she championed issues that had mattered to him, including ceding control of the Panama Canal.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Some of them are said to be concerned that the company risks ceding ground to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, among others.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

After settler forces defeated the Cherokees in 1776, one group of Cherokees strongly opposed to ceding any more land moved farther west.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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