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concession

[kuhn-sesh-uhn] / kənˈsɛʃ ən /


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The prisoner release scheme was a key concession by her administration to the US.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

That concession gets us nowhere in determining the value of their recommendations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Unite Here Local 11, the union which represents workers including dishwashers, concession workers, bartenders and servers and SoFi Stadium’s food-service operator Legends Global, came to a tentative agreement days before the first match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

At issue was a reduction in the tariff on Canadian primary aluminum — a concession also expected for fabricated aluminum products.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Burnham had awarded the boat concession to a company called the Electric Launch and Navigation Company, which had produced a lovely electric vessel of exactly the character Olmsted wanted.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

According to the case file seen by AFP, their consortium used shell companies and Albanian and foreign nationals, notably Dutch and Italian, to conceal the identity of the real owners of the concessions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of California signed the consent decree, binding the concessions that Paramount offered to end an antitrust challenge brought by 12 states.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But for both leaders, this is a familiar outcome - a promise of more channels of communication, modest economic concessions and modest proposals to steady relations.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Gen. William Tong — who had signed on to the lawsuit — had said they needed more concessions, according to three knowledgeable sources close to the negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

I strolled down the main lobby of the courthouse toward Mr. Paul’s concessions stand.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe




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