decentralize

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Recent Examples of decentralize Rather than diminishing us, this should decentralize our ego. Dax Grant, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • At the time, Miami Beach was segregated, but Black patrons were welcome at the Hampton House in Brownsville, Miami’s thriving Black neighborhood.
    Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Juvenile inmates are segregated from the adult jail population, Moyer said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • It must also be dealt with spatially and collectively, meaning that it must be deconcentrated.
    The Economist, The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • From Nixon to Clinton, Republican and Democrat administrations alike have woefully underfunded an agency that remains one of the few federal efforts that focuses on the daunting task of deconcentrating poverty.
    Valerie Stahl, Slate Magazine, 11 Jan. 2017

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“Decentralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decentralize. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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