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• v  make less central
  After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
• a  withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
  a decentralized school administration

• In the Starbucks ethos, the best authority is decentralized, and the best decisions are made store by store.
• Because narco-operations have become so vastly decentralized, he says, "this, sadly, is a drop in a sea of drug organizations.
• It's a platform for pursuing the truth, and the decentralized creation and distribution of ideas, in the same way that markets are a decentralized mechanism for the creation and .

• decentralize
• deconcentrate
• decentralise
• decentralised

• centralise
• concentrate
• centralized

News & Articles

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• This Is Litecoin, The 'Silver' to Bitcoin's 'Gold'
  Bitcoin isn't the only cryptocurrency out there. An alternative called Litecoin is starting to gain traction. Bitcoin and Litecoin are incredibly similar. Both are decentralized electronic currency, meaning that they aren't linked in any way to big banks. They're independent.
  June 13, 2013 - Business Insider
• Apricus' Vitaros Approved in Europe - Analyst Blog
  Apricus Biosciences, Inc. ( APRI ) recently announced that its erectile dysfunction (ED) drug, Vitaros, has been approved under the European Decentralized Procedure (DCP). Apricus, along
  June 11, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Produced By: Warners' Chris DeFaria Talks 'Hobbit' and VFX Biz Troubles
  I think in the future it will be even more decentralized and entrepreneurial,the exec said about the visual effects industry. read more        
  June 10, 2013 - The Hollywood Reporter

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in ABC News
  Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., also appearing on CBS, maintained that "the only way you end sectarian violence is to occupy a country or have a decentralized government. You've got to give these people (the Sunnis, Shia and Kurds) breathing room like we...
• Ryan Crocker in Forbes
  That said, I would not expect it to in any way bring to end al-Qaida's activities in Iraq. We saw the organization adjust to the death of Zarqawi,Crocker said. "My sense is that it is a now a very decentralized terrorist effort, so while...
• Brad Fitzpatrick in CNET News.com
  Google shares the OpenID Foundation's vision of a Web that's easy to use and built on open standards available to everyone,Fitzpatrick said in a statement from the OpenID Foundation. "OpenID was always intended to be a decentralized...