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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

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

Jeff Holguin’s goal is to help decentralize mental health care in Ukraine and to train psychologists, psychiatrists, military leaders, religious officials and health workers to provide basic psychological support skills like treating trauma.

From Seattle Times Mar. 25, 2023

This purpose was to decentralize credits by lessening the concentration of banking funds in a few large banks in the chief financial centers, and especially in New York.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

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

As space exploration expands, decentralizes, and privatizes, U.S. regulators and officials urgently need more effective methods of keeping it safe and efficient.

From Slate Oct. 2, 2023

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 Orestes Augustus Brownson

Our water system’s decentralized, fragmented nature, perhaps a bit like our electoral system, is a double-edged sword, inasmuch as its vulnerabilities are atomized—at least a single hacker can’t contaminate all the water in the country.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

“The holy grail of prediction markets, they shed light on some of the most consequential, decentralized and human processes in the world, where good data is crucial and hard to find.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Finally, the board compares decentralized networks to eBay but overlooks the Clarity Act’s strict legal decentralization test.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

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

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

Economy - overview: The government of Laos - one of the few remaining official Communist states - began decentralizing control and encouraging private enterprise in 1986.

From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency



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