conceding
Example Sentences
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The German had won all five of their previous matchups, on three different surfaces, while conceding just one set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the third set, both players remained on serve without conceding a single break point to reach another tie-break.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
She wasted three early in the second set before conceding a break in the sixth game with a double fault at 30-40 as Noskova forced a decider.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
He is happy to call ChatGPT intelligent without conceding that it is conscious: How could it be, when it has no feelings, no central nervous system?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Not asking what happened is conceding that what happened is cataclysmic.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
