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[seed] / sid /


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As competitors intensify their value offerings, Domino’s might continue to face near-term pressure to match them or cede back market share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

"It's not in the president's nature to cede the limelight and he's done that here," said Matt Mackowiak, a Republican strategist.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

And to get a piece of the rocket maker, investors must cede some traditional rights as owners, with Musk maintaining 85% voting power over the company using Ford II’s Class B-stock maneuver.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Alfonsi wrote in an email to colleagues at the time that if the standard for airing a story became the government agreeing to be interviewed, the network would cede editorial control.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

It helps to keep in mind that all but four end with cede.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

However, the union said Disney’s OpenAI deal “appears to sanction its theft of our work and cedes the value of what we create to a tech company that has built its business off our backs.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Safety Derwin James Jr. said he’s never been around a coach such as Harbaugh, who cedes the huddle to players at random.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 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

Article 2.—Spain cedes to the United States the Island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the Island of Guam in the Marianas or Ladrones.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

With the decline, Nvidia ceded back to Apple the position of largest U.S. company by market cap, a title it has held since May of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

London and Madrid have disputed control of Gibraltar since the tiny territory was ceded to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

They won an important toss and rarely ceded the advantage of a 317-run opening stand between Tom Latham and Devon Conway.

From BBC Jun. 29, 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

It promised to restore her lost provinces and ceded territories.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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

Now that rates have risen, he has started selling off chunks of his companies—and ceding some equity to lenders—to lower his debt burden.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Rohl did engineer a turnaround against Wilfried Nancy's Celtic at the start of 2026, but has yet to outsmart Martin O'Neill, ceding a 2-0 lead in the last league derby.

From BBC May 9, 2026

Paintings were crowded to the ceding and others were stacked against each other on the floor.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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