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Devolve

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Devolve meaning

To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. | To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone. | To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.

Example sentences (20)

As the minister is well and truly aware, in the middle of agreement negotiations, we believe that we've got the argument and the evidence to support the fact we should devolve," he said.

Council Leader, Cllr Mark Fryer, added: “Our vision would be to eventually devolve more powers, and more spending powers, to these panels.

The only downside is complicated relationships with extended family which devolve into drag-out fights whenever they meet in person.

Unfortunately, this isn't the first or last time that former costars have seen friendships and professional respect devolve into bitter feuds.

We hope disagreement does not devolve into discrimination or worse," Mr. Brzezinski said.

It is strange, the curious twists and turns that almost all issues devolve within this town.

It’s also difficult to do a “heels take over a show” format and not have it devolve into a big unpleasant self-indulgent cheesy diversion from what pro wrestling fans tune into a pro wrestling show to see.

Staunton never loses sight of Dolly’s psychological arc, and finds a reflectiveness in material that can often devolve into camp.

That is, expect them to “evolve” right up to the point when they “devolve” into the dust in Khan Younis and Rafah.

There is nothing like a good, old-fashioned town hall meeting — especially in the age of social media and online forums where political dialogue can devolve beyond constructive.

The story that unfolds is a harrowing one, as both Ellie and Abby devolve into the most violent versions of themselves in a righteous fury.

We need to devolve that power from a handful of people in Whitehall to communities that know what they need.

But now that I am a very fancy writer, I figured I could puzzle this out in a way that lets all of you watch a human thought process devolve.

Chloe and Mickey are both dangerously self-destructive (and Gough and Stan excel at conveying this), but watching them devolve so fully on the eve of something they’ve worked to achieve for months was too convenient of a scripted rock bottom to buy.

Fights, especially co-op fights, quickly devolve into a mindless display of button-mashing and over-the-top visuals, that make it very difficult to follow what you’re doing, let alone anyone else.

It’s crucial that “social distancing,” while necessary to stem the outbreak, doesn’t devolve into shunning those most in need.

Perhaps your experience, perhaps intentionally so, would quickly devolve into a gimmicky, jumbled mess between the character caricatures, absurd easter eggs and jolts of guitar licks and music clips.

The briefings, during which the president updates the public on the government’s latest efforts to combat the coronavirus, often devolve into verbal fistfights with the press cheered online by supporters watching from home.

The negative manifestation can devolve into restless, distracted, two-faced, judgmental, depressed, and overwhelmed energy.

The old days of “devolve and forget” have to be left behind.