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devolve

verb as in transfer

Strong matches

verb as in deteriorate

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I’d been apartment hunting for months, a process that had devolved into a series of small humiliations.

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There have been suggestions the government could face a crunch point after devolved elections in Scotland and Wales and local elections in England next year.

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The gleaming city is one of the most infamous of the hubs thriving in Myanmar's border regions, which have devolved into hives of black market activity since a civil war consumed the country in 2021.

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For months now, plenty in the Labour Party have acknowledged that the government faces a likely crunch point after devolved elections in Scotland and Wales and local elections in many parts of England next May.

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Ahead of the last general election First Minister John Swinney urged the next UK government to replicate Scotland's devolved taxation system where higher earners pay more in tax.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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