Sentence examples for cede the title from inspiring English sources

Mr. Ricketts, 58, had indicated he planned to cede the title to Mr. Lewis, 47, this year.

When the company dismissed its first president, Michael Scott, in 1981, for example, Mr. Markkula, agreed to cede the title of chairman to Mr. Jobs and become Apple's president -- but only until a permanent chief executive could be hired.

There was little for them to play for but professional pride – which has not always been evident in their performances this season – and a refusal to cede the title they won a year ago to local rivals.

Dennis J. FitzSimons, the company's current president, chief executive and chairman — who will cede the title of chairman to Mr. Zell when the transaction is complete at the end of the year — said in an interview that Mr. Zell offered the certainty of closing a deal.

He ceded the title of chief executive to Mr. Raff last fall.

He will report to Terence F. McGuirk, the group's chairman and chief executive, who is ceding the title of president.

In 1192 Guy ceded the title to the English king Richard I the Lion-Heart in exchange for sovereignty over the island of Cyprus.

Though he had ceded the title of chief executive in 2002, Riggio remained the executive chairman and the soul and supreme authority of Barnes & Noble.

Though he had ceded the title of chief executive in 2002, Riggio remained the executive chairman and the soul and supreme authority of Barnes & Noble.

Last year, for the first time in recent memory, Japan ceded the title of world's largest donor of foreign aid to the United States.

Franz I surrendered not only substantial territory, but declared the end of the Holy Roman Empire to avoid ceding the title to Napoleon.