Sentence examples for implicitly conceding from inspiring English sources

Some supporters of Mr. Emanuel's opponents boasted Monday that their candidates would force a runoff — implicitly conceding that Mr. Emanuel would be the top vote-getter on Tuesday.

What makes this new "Freedom to Dissent" pledge so repugnant is that it essentially justifies homophobia by implicitly conceding that it deserves, as conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat puts it, "some modest purchase in civil society".

It may be that he is being careful not to plant a flag that he knows he may not be able to defend; he may be implicitly conceding that if indicted, he may have to give up his Democratic leadership position.

A contemporary Israeli official implicitly conceded the charge but pointed out that "There are no sentiments in war".

The College Board implicitly conceded the point in 1994, when it changed the meaning of the SAT's central "A"; instead of "aptitude" it came to stand for "assessment".

(Officials say that by highlighting particularly damaging bits, they would implicitly concede that other material is harmless).Mr Assange replied from an Olympian height.

As Mr Wheen implicitly concedes in his frequent historical allusions, there has been religious, political and economic mumbo-jumbo since the dawn of civilisation.

No doubt Bush administration vets are gratified to learn that Mr Obama has implicitly conceded that their foreign policy approach is in fact "what actually works".

Mr Draghi has just implicitly conceded that fiscal and monetary policy in the euro zone is too tight at the annual economics jamboree in Jackson Hole.

President Barack Obama's declaration that his administration would not torture, and would not violate the Geneva conventions implicitly conceded the force of the accusations against his predecessors.

He implicitly conceded that the church had made mistakes in its handling of pedophile priests and others involved in sexual misconduct.