Steven Pinker

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely.

Canadian Scientist

Brian Schatz

While some members of Congress have attempted to stall progress on climate change, their actions amount to little more than political theater. We will not abandon our responsibility to our children and grandchildren, nor will we cede global leadership on the defining issue of our time.

American Politician

Noreena Hertz

The problem lies with us: we've become addicted to experts. We've become addicted to their certainty, their assuredness, their definitiveness, and in the process, we have ceded our responsibility, substituting our intellect and our intelligence for their supposed words of wisdom.

English Author

Sharan Burrow

When governments are cowed or simply don't care to enforce fundamental human and labour rights or to ensure corporate tax is paid so that they can invest in social protection and in the health and education of their people, they cede control to corporate greed.

Welsh Activist

Neil Abercrombie

A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden 'worthless' land now has an airport on it.

Thomas Massie

I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think we should cede that territory.

Rudy Giuliani

Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.

Bari Weiss

Liberals shouldn't cede the responsibility to defend free speech on college campuses to conservatives. After all, without free speech, what's liberalism about?

American Editor

Bill Foster

If we choose to ignore science and refuse to fund important scientific research, we voluntarily cede our place as a world leader in innovation.

Sitting Bull

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.

Statesman

Usually used in formal statements, like legal documents or serious discussions about authority.

Formal Context

'Cede' implies a complete and often permanent transfer of something, like sovereignty or ownership.

Complete Transfer

Unlike 'lend' or 'lease', 'cede' means the transfer is not intended to be temporary.

Not Temporary

Implies an admission of defeat in an argument or contest; often used when reluctantly acknowledging a point.

Concession

Specifically used when somebody gives up the fight in a debate or argument, signaling an end to resistance.

Argument Loss

'Cede' often implies that the person admitting defeat may be doing so unwillingly or with hesitation.

Reluctant Acceptance

Used in law to describe the formal transfer of property or rights; often seen in treaties and legal agreements.

Legal Transfer

Most often related to the transfer of tangible assets like land or buildings in a legal setting.

Property Specific

Seen in historical contexts, especially regarding the transfer of territories after wars or agreements.

Historical Context

 but if users don't want me to use that data, I think they should have the right to do that. I want users to be informed and consenting users of the tools that we develop. And so I think encouraging this kind of science and supporting researchers who want to cede some of that control back to users and away from the social media companies

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 this is their land, never ceded, always sacred. And I pay my respects to the elders, past and present, of this place. I also acknowledge that we're gathering today in many other places, and I pay my respects to the traditional owners and elders of all those places too. It means a lot to me to get to say those words

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 something they loved or cared about deeply. And now, all my students give passion talks to introduce themselves to the class. I believe that good teachers introduce new thoughts but great teachers introduce new ways of thinking. But it wasn't until I ceded control that I truly understood

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 klamath ceded nearly 20 million acres of their homeland in exchange for peace money and services the tribes moved on to a reservation and american farmers moved into the territory relinquished by the tribes to further enhance agricultural development u.s bureau of reclamation at

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 and hopefully inspire more people to demand this accountability. My message to you is pressure your government representatives to step up and stop ceding our public square to for-profit interests. Help educate your friends and family about how they're being manipulated online.

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 when we start to cede power over the core functions of government spending legislation decision making then we're well on our way to an open government revolution there are many things that we can do to get us there obviously opening up the data is one but the important

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 where we develop artificial intelligence that surpasses human abilities across the board. If we cede this advantage, we place our future in the hands of the systems we create. Even if created solely with humanity’s best interests in mind,

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 with the others how are we going to divide three into two and have something left over because if we fail we simply cede the world to fear Oh fire how we cope will depend however not only on our

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 We've become addicted to their certainty, their assuredness, their definitiveness, and in the process, we have ceded our responsibility, substituting our intellect and our intelligence

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 become addicted to experts we've become addicted to their certainty their assuredness their definitiveness and in the process we have ceded our responsibility substituting our