- past participle of decentralize.
- past tense form of decentralize.
decentralized
Example Sentences
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Declaring a national emergency is significant in Spain’s decentralized political system, allowing the central government to lead the effort to contain the fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
During much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, private detective agencies had filled the vacuum left by decentralized, underfunded, incompetent, and corrupt sheriff and police departments.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
