The move essentially ceded the airwaves to Mr. Bush.

In early October, with polls showing him falling further behind Obama, McCain pulled out of the state, essentially ceding it to Obama.

For most of the 1980's American steel companies essentially ceded the export market while they sought to preserve their domestic business.

It was her only work in which she essentially ceded control over her body, and over the pain to be inflicted, to her audience.

Conservatives tend to highlight the conservatism in the new class as a sign that Democrats are essentially ceding ground to the right on issues like gun control and abortion.

Supporters say such a small group would essentially cede control of Kabul to alliance-controlled police officers and soldiers.

A number of reinsurers, battered by heavy losses, have begun to trim their sails, essentially ceding part of their business to stronger competitors.

In the end, she lost her taste for the fight, and essentially ceded the 1994 gubernatorial election to George W. Bush.

Throughout, British Telecom declined to reverse itself and make another, higher offer - essentially ceding MCI to another suitor.

This is in part because the left essentially ceded the debate on poverty in 1996, when welfare reform was enacted.