conceding

Example Sentences

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When renewal came due in 1994, Clinton granted MFN unconditionally, conceding that the strategy had “reached the end of its usefulness.”

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

But it's also true United have dominated games less than they did under Amorim, taking two shots fewer per game under Carrick and conceding slightly more.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“He’s conceding detention at this time,” one of his federal public defenders, Tezira Abe, told Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, according to CNBC.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

We've had the same back five for most of this season and we haven't stopped conceding.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

He insisted that the iridium had been deposited by volcanic action even while conceding in a newspaper interview that he had no actual evidence of it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson