See cede the field on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1994 February 27, Sylvia Nasar, “The American Economy, Back on Top”, in New York Times, retrieved 2019-08-08:",
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"ref": "2003 September 10, Judy Woodruff, McClintock: \"I'm in this race right to the finish line\", CNN, retrieved 2019-09-23:",
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"ref": "2013 June 24, Jean-Louis Gassée, “Microsoft and Nokia won't beget a Google-Motorola clone”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2019-08-12:",
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