Sentence examples for ceded the role from inspiring English sources
But the China operations of Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo and even Google have all either lost ground or ceded the role of market leader to local rivals despite sometimes spending hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire established Chinese competitors.
David Stern, the league's commissioner for thirty years, had ceded the role to Adam Silver, his bald, bespectacled deputy and chosen successor, for whom this game was a kind of débutante ball.
But a little-noticed side effect is the ineptitude that afflicts parents who cede the role of the household's chief technology officer to their offspring.
In all of this I blame, first and foremost, the American public for ceding the role of accountability to media, corporations, government and political organizations.
(Coming up: a version of "Little Women" that explores Jo as a nonbinary character, though Hamill may cede the role, "because I present very much as a cisgender woman").
His senior aides said they were now spending much of their days fielding calls from concerned donors and other supporters asking why Mr. Obama was not challenging Mrs. Clinton more forcefully and warning that he could cede the role of the main anti-Clinton candidate to former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, who is running an aggressive campaign in Iowa.
In recent years, the board has tended either to cede the role of visionary to its superintendent, or to fight over clashing visions.
After reading the thoughtful responses from the former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state, Marley wrote that she was inspired — and willing to cede the role of America's first female president to Clinton.
Crist ceded the starting role to Tommy Rees, who has been an improvement but remains a work in progress.
Testaverde had ceded the starting role tonight to Lucas so that Lucas, who had struggled against Green Bay with the second-string offense, could have a chance to work with the first-teamers.
"They've ceded the cultural mirror role to TV," said Martin Kaplan, a professor of entertainment, media and society at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, referring to the studios' diminishing taste for films that reflect the home audience.
