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decentralize

[dee-sen-truh-lahyz] / diˈsɛn trəˌlaɪz /


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Andy Burnham proposes “business-friendly socialism” to decentralize power and address household bills, aiming to save Labour from defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

But Valderrama Blanco says Gálvez Ruiz will decentralize science policy and give more authority over science funding to Mexico’s state governments, an approach discouraged by the current law.

From Science Magazine May 2, 2024

But Minkovitch hopes Ukraine’s Western partners will provide modern technology to decentralize power in time for winter.

From Seattle Times Apr. 19, 2024

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool tech enthusiast who marvels openly at the creative persistence of programmers on a mission to further decentralize the internet.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2023

Sir Charles's main object in local government was to decentralize, and he sought to move in this direction by stimulating the exercise of existing powers and the habit of responsibility in local popularly elected bodies.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

The draft is expected to be the first sporting event to be held at The Sphere and a showcase opportunity for the league before the draft decentralizes starting in 2025.

From Washington Times Dec. 5, 2023

“The quota system decentralizes and simplifies execution but incentivizes local authorities to prioritize output at any cost. This can create abuses.”

From Slate Oct. 23, 2022

Web2 centralizes a bunch of cool stuff that was happening with Web1, but you are saying Web3 decentralizes it again.

From The Verge Apr. 12, 2022

The approach essentially decentralizes the health system, gathering and responding to data in real-time instead of waiting for a national level analysis.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2021

Now, this division of power, which decentralizes the government without creating mutually hostile forces, can hardly be introduced into any European state.

From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Brownson, Orestes Augustus

The word “DeFiant” was a coy wink to this idea of decentralized currency, known as DeFi, the ostensible rationale for the new Trump–Witkoff platform.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

The play, which won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize this year, entices on the page despite seeming overstuffed and curiously decentralized.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

This broader, decentralized spirit manifests visibly across the country.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

After Operation Epic Fury, the IRGC’s goal was to create a decentralized structure that could survive Israeli attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

As with Pythagoras, in Darwin’s model, every organism carried information to build organs and structures in miniaturized form—except in Darwin’s case, the information was decentralized.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The president reiterated his commitment to decentralizing the economy and granting greater autonomy to state-owned enterprises, which account for roughly 80 percent of economic activity.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

In “Humanocracy,” Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini describe how decentralizing individual responsibility helps businesses thrive.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

States legislatures, in turn, delegate most of the management of elections to counties or other smaller government units, further decentralizing control over elections.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2023

Another argument Madison made is this idea of "double security": Federalism, by decentralizing authority, meant that one autocrat or dictator couldn't capture the whole system easily.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2022

The decentralizing of governmental authority to the local organs of state power was designed to bring about greater efficiency and better supervision in matters of political, economic, and cultural interests.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.



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