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present participle of devolve

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to become worse or of less value
  • the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum

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“Devolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devolving. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.

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