recentralize
verb
re·cen·tral·ize
(ˌ)rē-ˈsen-trə-ˌlīz 
recentralized; recentralizing; recentralizes
: to concentrate or become concentrated by returning power that had previously been delegated to regional and local authorities to a central authority
To try to ease the crisis, President Peña Nieto has proposed a series of measures that would recentralize power.—
Enrique Krauze
Enrique KrauzeEvery state-by-state fiasco (and there would be many) would bring calls to recentralize …—Ross Douthat
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It’s always been quite clear that under Xi Jinping there has been a huge attempt to recentralize control over the local apparatuses, and the nature of the lockdowns shows this.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2022
And then Microsoft figured out how to recentralize around software.
—Dan Patterson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2022
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2022
And then Microsoft figured out how to recentralize around software.
—Dan Patterson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2022
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“Recentralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recentralize. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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