- present participle of concede.
conceding
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Is Myshkin conceding defeat, refusing to engage, or simply recognizing that he and Rogozhin have reached a spiritual impasse?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
After conceding so many goals last season, you can see they have really tightened things up.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It is true to say Manchester United did reasonably well in their 1-1 draw at Leeds United, just as they did at Atletico Madrid on Tuesday after conceding inside the first minute.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
This makes a low-possession approach harder to sell long term, even if the players might look better conceding possession.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
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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