as in to spread (out)
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Recent Examples of decentralize
China’s support for elections beginning December 28, 2025, aims to decentralize power from coup leader Min Aung Hlaing and enable a civilian-fronted government acceptable to the international community, potentially accelerating trade and securing Belt and Road projects.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Initiatives once discontinued, like the Reunião com o Setor dialogue series, have resumed, and there are ongoing efforts to decentralize production beyond Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
—Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
Launched in 2019, Bittensor is an open-source protocol designed to decentralize machine learning by incentivizing participants to contribute computing resources, datasets, and AI models to the network.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Initiatives once discontinued, like the Reunião com o Setor dialogue series, have resumed, and there are ongoing efforts to decentralize production beyond Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
—Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
Launched in 2019, Bittensor is an open-source protocol designed to decentralize machine learning by incentivizing participants to contribute computing resources, datasets, and AI models to the network.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decentralize
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Mills said the information about his past gave him pride about the strength of his ancestors who survive during a time when they were segregated — even in death.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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The school was poorly funded, riven by gang violence, and deeply segregated by race and class.—
Gioia Woods,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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It must also be dealt with spatially and collectively, meaning that it must be deconcentrated.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
26 Sep. 2019
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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 20 Feb. 2026.
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