concession

Example Sentences

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In tolerating social freedoms, the regime is granting Iranians concessions that don’t threaten the survival of the system, say analysts and activists.

From The Wall Street Journal

With a return to pre-1848 conditions impossible, and concessions to modernity politically necessary and economically promising, Central European conservatives became “radical reformers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Behind closed doors, some of them had been pressing hard for concessions.

From BBC

She said the blackouts wouldn’t affect her attitude about making concessions to end the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I had to offer a lot more concessions than I would have previously.”

From The Wall Street Journal