Sentence examples for ceded the position from inspiring English sources
Going by the fickle measure of national polls, he at one point ceded the position to Mr. Perry and now shares it with Mr. Cain.
Mexicans have responded by mocking Trump with memes, lampooning him with piñatas and burning him in effigy, but ironically the candidate may have ceded the position of most-hated political figure to Mexico's own president.
After the competition, Libeskind, Silverstein, and Childs held a series of tense negotiations; eventually, Libeskind ceded the position of architect of the Freedom Tower to Childs, agreeing instead to "meaningfully collaborate" on the project.
Webber, passing Schumacher using DRS, cut the chicane on lap 64 and ceded the position back to avoid a penalty.
Chances are Mamta will have to cave in, especially with her personal equation with Pranab Mukherjee who has ceded the position of chief minister to her, without contest, in the past.
In 1871 Erkel announced his resignation as the lead conductor of the Philharmonic Society, but he stayed on for the next few years, gradually ceding the position to Hans Richter.
Nick Swisher, who was scheduled to be the Yankees' first baseman, was happy about ceding the position to Teixeira and returning to the outfield.
Donald G. Fisher, 75, stepped down as Gap's chairman in May, ceding the position to his son Robert, 49, but remains on the board with his wife, Doris, 72.
Anna Burger, the secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, said Wednesday that she was ending her candidacy for union president, ceding the position to Mary Kay Henry, who has locked up the support of many large locals.
BERLIN — For the first time in a decade, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is no longer the leading Web browser in Europe, ceding the position to Mozilla's Firefox, an Irish research company that tracks Web use said on Tuesday.
When he sat down for a dual postgame, late-night news conference with Dwyane Wade, LeBron James seemed to cede the position of celebrity host to his teammate and co-star naturally and gratefully.
