conceding that
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Four months later, the party is conceding that even that low target would strain global credulity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
That partnership, and the subsequent planned acquisition, was SpaceX “effectively” conceding that its frontier model is lagging behind the pack, Granda said in a research note.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
He even bucked decades of US policy by conceding that North Korea was "sort of a nuclear power".
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
It was a roundabout way of conceding that after several hours of talks, there's no deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
When I persisted in my carping to the economists, they generally backed down a bit, conceding that while wages at the bottom are going up, they’re not going up very briskly.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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