Example sentences for: cede

How can you use “cede” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The main issue is whether or not Israel will cede a further parcel of land in the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority in return for various security guarantees, but there's no clear sense in the reporting of where things stand.

  • However, the stability of a pegged rate would come at the cost of Canadian independence: "By adopting a fixed exchange rate, Canada would essentially cede control over monetary policy to the United States Federal Reserve Board, yielding one more lever of economic policy to international forces."

  • "If Slobodan Milosevic still refuses to cede meaningful autonomy to Kosovo, that power should be used to inflict heavy destruction on the Serb military machine," it said.

  • The NYT piece frames this as do-nothing action, designed to temporarily quiet demands coming simultaneously from the Israeli right-wing, Palestinians, and the U.S. (which is pressing Netanyahu to cede land quickly).

  • Why bicker over artistic control when you can just cede the hall to the sponsor?


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