- present participle of concede.
conceding
Example Sentences
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If IBM can’t tell investors what the next two quarters look like, it’s conceding it doesn’t know when its customers will come back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"You can shape a treatment to fit the belief system without explicitly endorsing it," French said, conceding an exorcism might even have a beneficial placebo effect in some cases.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Four months later, the party is conceding that even that low target would strain global credulity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
France has bludgeoned the opposition, scoring 16 goals while conceding just two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The bear waited calmly as if part of the landscape, like a tree or a boulder, not conceding one inch of space.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
