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Recent Examples of devolution Conservatives saw all this as the devolution of post-Watts rioting into utter lawlessness. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 Follow Pope Francis’ example April 23, 2025 Gomez’s devolution was especially dispiriting because L.A. Catholic leaders have taught their American peers how to embrace Latino immigrants ever since Archbishop John Cantwell helped refugees from Mexico’s Cristero War resettle in the city in the 1920s. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025 Latin America experienced such a devolution in the mid-twentieth century. Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 Huerter stands by his explanation for his devolution with the Kings and return to form with the Bulls. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for devolution
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Noun
  • The sharp deterioration in air quality this week comes following celebrations for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which traditionally involves the widespread use of firecrackers which release sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides into the air, as well as harmful heavy metals.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t to say writer and director Mary Bronstein’s film, about the agonizing deterioration of a woman whose life is falling down around her in near-apocalyptic fashion, isn’t worth watching.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The team believes their approach could eventually help regions struggling with industrial contamination and agricultural degradation.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Housing materials in artistic practice are fitting for an environment that is constantly under simultaneous construction and degradation, with sea levels continuing to rise, potholes throughout the city and as our own infrastructure buckles under the weight of an ever growing population.
    Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since 1928, significant market declines of at least 5% have happened in 92 out of 98 years.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • One of the most popular college majors is seeing a significant decline in graduates, according to a new report from AEI.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Presenting their findings in a lengthy declination memo, the prosecutors explicitly mentioned the two other investigations to bolster their recommendation that probable cause does not exist to charge Comey, according to sources familiar with the contents of the memo.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • On those three dates, variations in the moon's position relative to Earth's equator — particularly its declination — can influence tidal forces that subtly affect Earth's rotation rate.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The rapid descent of temperatures, which in some cases may reach the upper 20s, raises concerns for agriculture, property maintenance, and daily routines as winter-like conditions arrive.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Apollo-era lunar module was a two-part spacecraft—a descent stage that landed the astronauts on the surface, and an ascent stage, containing the crew compartment, that lifted back off, leaving the bottom half of the vehicle on the moon.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Devolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devolution. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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