concession
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“Right now, a concession at this time by any party would be considered an expression of weakness by the other and not just a willingness to settle matters,” Karim said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The prisoner release scheme was a key concession by her administration to the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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
More specifically, it’s grass racing at Del Mar against Graham Motion, the East Coast trainer who in recent years has been more successful here than a margarita concession stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
It was something of a concession that Sovoy was here with us at all.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
White House spokesman Rogers told me “the Venezuelan ministries that have power to grant concessions were the ones that lawfully granted these concessions” to NABEP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
He focused instead on securing U.S. concessions on Taiwan, aiming to achieve suzerainty over this de facto independent island and its high-tech industries, but reportedly came away with little or nothing on that score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The challenge, as he saw it, was to somehow convince North Vietnam to make concessions at the bargaining table.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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