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[seed] / sid /


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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

Gracious of George Lucas to cede turf to the one movie as beloved as “Star Wars.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

As Canadians may also remember, Benjamin Franklin later argued that Britain should cede all of Quebec to the new nation, and he won that argument more than you might think.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

REYKJAVÍK, Iceland—For years, Icelanders looked with suspicion at the European Union, loath to cede sovereignty to Brussels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Over the next two decades, the Osage were forced to cede nearly a hundred million acres of their ancestral land, ultimately finding refuge in a 50-by-125-mile area in southeastern Kansas.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

The announcement answers long-simmering questions about a successor for 65-year-old Cook, who said he will become executive chairman of the board when he cedes Apple's CEO position.

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

Regardless, Bennett is expected to get the majority of work, while McVay cedes play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2024

"If you cross me, I'm just like my father / I am colder than Titanic water," she warns, before the song cedes way to the 18th Century aria, Caro Mio Ben.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2024

That nation cedes to France, Alsace-Lorraine, 5600 square miles, and to Belgium two small districts between Luxembourg and Holland and totaling 382 square miles.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

It has also ceded its position as the Nordic country's second-largest political force.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 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

Every one of the 13 penalties England conceded sapped their momentum, ceded territory and ratcheted up pressure.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

They took on added resonance when Opie ceded the space to five friends displaced by the flames, offering food, shelter and a place to regroup.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

In the Treaty of Greenville, signed in 1795, the nations of the alliance ceded a great deal of their Ohio territory to the US.

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

Its critics typically are those who fear ceding their own traditional advantages to others.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Pregnancy and birth involve a level of ceding control for anyone who experiences them.

From Slate Aug. 29, 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

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

He was ceding line but more slowly all he time.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway




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