CEDING Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

ceding

verb

present participle of cede

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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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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expropriating

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 For the rest of the show, Love sat in place, singing along but ceding his usual lead vocals and master of ceremonies roles to others. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 That war of wills ended with the Emirates ceding control of Bab el-Mandeb — along with the nearby island of Perim, where the Emirates had built a drone airbase — to Saudi Arabia. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 For founder-CEOs, ceding authority can be especially challenging. — Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 18 Sep. 2026 Trump, though, has warned of a slowdown in AI development ceding the technological arms race to China. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026 Payton still drew votes despite ceding play-calling duties this season to offensive coordinator Davis Webb. — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 After ceding its lead, first to Red Bull and then to McLaren, his team is atop the standings again and favored to win the 2026 season. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026 But an industry that can only reliably fill seats for a dozen event-scale releases a year, while quietly ceding everything else to streaming, is not a healthy industry putting on a growth spurt. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The Russia sanctions bill merely marks the latest instance of the legislative branch ceding trade authority to the executive branch. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

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With all the characters in the show, but with Margaret in particular, there’s this exploration of losing control, taking control and relinquishing control.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
One panel was falling, then smashing on the path, lead relinquishing its long grip on the glass.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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From Nanjing Port, the bunker vessel took over the rest of the journey, carrying 1,000 metric tons of clean fuel before transferring it safely to Mineral Europa.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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Dallas got thoroughly embarrassed at home by a winless Buccaneers squad, surrendering 241 rushing yards and making an 0-4 offense look explosive.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, the minivan became shorthand for surrendering to suburban family life.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Rather than assigning a class based on a single characteristic, the system considers combinations of properties, including texture, mineralogy, pH and profile thickness — the depth of the soil layer.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
His remarks nonetheless reinforced a judgment in the markets that the Fed would pause its rate increases, with the futures market assigning a 15% probability to an October hike as of Friday morning.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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David Robinson, who led the writing of OpenAI’s safety reports before resigning, cited the Hugging Face incident as one sign of a broader problem.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The 1989 Charlotte federal trial was pure spectacle Two years after resigning, Bakker was convicted in Charlotte on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

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First responders arrived on site to find community members rendering medical aid to those who were injured, Moses said.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Path tracing is an advanced form of ray tracing that's among the most demanding graphics-rendering techniques today, often requiring upscaling and frame generation to achieve a playable frame rate.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

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As temple members met their gruesome death, documents bequeathing some $7 million to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were spirited out of Jonestown in a suitcase stuffed with cash.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
William inherited the piece after her death in 1997, eventually bequeathing it to his wife.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 June 2026

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