1
as in relinquishing
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
she reluctantly ceded her position as leader
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2
as in transferring
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American War
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3
as in abdicating
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the President officially cedes his position on the January 20th immediately following the presidential election
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Recent Examples of ceding
That same year, facing intimidation by land-hungry settlers, the Shawnee signed another treaty ceding most of their Kansas reservation to the government, leaving the area around the mission to the Methodist church.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
There are consequences to Congress ceding wide swaths of its authority to a massive administration state.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
The good news is that terrorism virtually always fails, As long as policymakers are wise enough to avoid ceding power to the treacherous use of force.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
After ceding the microphone to his fellow producers (who hadn’t already been honored a record number of times that night), Baker couldn’t let the 2025 Oscars end without one more plea for a community that’s always fighting for its audience.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Kyiv has rejected any idea of ceding territory to Moscow, while Putin has demanded that Ukraine give up its aspirations of joining the NATO military alliance, and cede its Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Decimating agencies, military, siding with a terrorist state, threatening to invade US allies, stripping services from vets, ceding US power to Russia and China.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
From a position of dominance, Newcastle wilted, ceding the initiative and inviting pressure.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Or commit to developing a bipartisan framework that provides clarity, opportunity, and protection without ceding the narrative or stifling innovation in the United States.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
There are consequences to Congress ceding wide swaths of its authority to a massive administration state.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
The good news is that terrorism virtually always fails, As long as policymakers are wise enough to avoid ceding power to the treacherous use of force.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
After ceding the microphone to his fellow producers (who hadn’t already been honored a record number of times that night), Baker couldn’t let the 2025 Oscars end without one more plea for a community that’s always fighting for its audience.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Kyiv has rejected any idea of ceding territory to Moscow, while Putin has demanded that Ukraine give up its aspirations of joining the NATO military alliance, and cede its Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Decimating agencies, military, siding with a terrorist state, threatening to invade US allies, stripping services from vets, ceding US power to Russia and China.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
From a position of dominance, Newcastle wilted, ceding the initiative and inviting pressure.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Or commit to developing a bipartisan framework that provides clarity, opportunity, and protection without ceding the narrative or stifling innovation in the United States.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ceding
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For the Thunder to turn a defensive liability into one of the best defenders in all of basketball, without relinquishing a single draft pick, has to go down as one of the biggest steals of the 2024-2025 NBA season.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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There’s that relinquishing control of the messaging, though!—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec. 2024
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Assad's departure also led analysts and government officials to claim that Russia may be transferring some of its military assets from Syria's Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base to Libya.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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The particles are too small, however, to reflect the sun's heat-energy-transferring infrared light.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
23 Dec. 2024
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At that time, the Cowboys, in their first full game without Dak Prescott at quarterback, were a dysfunctional team surrendering the league’s third-most rushing yards per game.—
Brooks Kubena,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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The Chargers puffed their chest, all right, with a defense which allowed just three points in the final two quarters after surrendering points in Denver’s first three possessions.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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While chores can be healthy for kids, parents will want to keep certain things in mind when assigning them.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
13 Mar. 2025
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For example, in addition to assigning workers to picks, the WMS may print labels at print stations that need to be attached to cases.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Without Yoon resigning, the opposition party worked to enact impeachment proceedings against the president.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Shortly before resigning, Tavares announced Stellantis would lay off 1,100 Ohio Jeep plant employees, a move that has since been rolled back by the company.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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This means that the color rendering under a light source should be as natural as possible compared to daylight.—
Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
31 Dec. 2024
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Some celebrities have been accused of operating pump-and-dump schemes with their coins, using their social media following to artificially inflate the value of these coins before cashing in their large holdings and rendering the coins worthless.—
Ben Dandridge-Lemco,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2024
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Adaptive facial movements Dynamic facial expressions play a vital role in enhancing communication in social robots, particularly in conveying affective states like excitement or sleepiness.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Dec. 2024
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That festival serves a vital function in the narrative, presenting a key moment in Dylan’s evolution as an artist and conveying the warring reactions to the once-traditional folk performer going electric.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Dec. 2024
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No filmmaker was better-equipped to capture the institutional failures of our economic collapse in 2007-08, as Soderbergh has always been pre-occupied by the alienating relationship between our economic systems and his characters.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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But in the interest of not completely alienating customers with incessant, irrelevant, or personally offensive ads, the social media company is giving users the ability to block advertisers for a year.—
Scharon Harding,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Ceding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceding. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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