How to Use concede in a Sentence

concede

verb
Definition of concedenext
Synonyms for concedenext
  • He's not ready to concede the election.
  • I concede that the work has been slow so far, but it should speed up soon.
  • The former ruler was forced to concede power to a new government.
  • Although it seems clear that he has lost the election, he still refuses to concede.
  • The company says that workers are not conceding enough in negotiations.
  • Ryan concedes that the melody and concept of the tune are pretty great.
    — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 5 June 2019
  • Even the Almighty would have to concede the Frogs are due.
    — Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • But the White House and Democrats have been slow to concede that.
    — Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Keller struck out five batters and didn't concede a walk.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The inverse of that success though meant the defense conceded chunks of yardage.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Those out of the title hunt aren't willing to concede anything.
    — Jenna Fryer, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Those out of the title hunt aren’t willing to concede anything.
    — Jenna Fryer, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The team also didn't concede a goal in the group stage for the first time at a World Cup.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2019
  • In the U.S., the president concedes no items of this list.
    — Henry Porter, The Hive, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The law was still trapped and nobody was conceding anything.
    — Martín Echenique, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2018
  • By then, the rain and wind could wash all the dirt back into the grave, Jackson concedes.
    — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 29 May 2018
  • Trump refused to concede and offered false claims that the election had been stolen.
    — Jonathan Lemire, ajc, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Trump followed that tweet with a string of messages vowing not to concede.
    — Bryn Stole | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Eventually, even he was forced to concede that the night was over.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The game plan Cincinnati was lucky not to concede in the first half at Nashville.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
  • Even the most seasoned pollsters concede their work in recent years has missed parts of the electorate.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Roberts refused to concede the game, hoping that his offense could even the gap.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Stacey Abrams was moved to concede, albeit four years too late.
    — The Editors, National Review, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Defense lawyers often choose to concede that their client is guilty to avoid a worse outcome.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • This is now leading some to concede there might be something to the lab story after all.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 31 May 2021
  • Weicker concedes that some of his predictions have been wrong in the past.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Even sunset snobs concede that the sky shows here are beyond amazing.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The team has scored 14 times in its five games and didn’t concede once for the first four of those.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • As in real life, neither was willing to concede that their point of view might be wrong.
    — Laura Bradley, HWD, 27 Mar. 2018
  • But under the rules, a putt can’t be conceded after a player hits it.
    — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019

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