Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make less concentrated or centralized.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To spread or scatter from a point or center; destroy the concentration of, as of bodies of troops.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
withdraw fromconcentration ; todecentralize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make less central
Etymologies
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Examples
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That decades of public policies and programs designed to deconcentrate poverty in America ought to be reversed in favor of those that would restore the high-poverty neighborhoods of our past?
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That decades of public policies and programs designed to deconcentrate poverty in America ought to be reversed in favor of those that would restore the high-poverty neighborhoods of our past?
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Still, for the medium term, either the government needs to scutinize refinery activity much more closely, adopt new regulatory authority and aggressively enforce antitrust laws, or it must intervene to deconcentrate the market.
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We're saying that the public housing authorities across the country, which actually manage the public housing, must deconcentrate poverty and take affirmative steps to promote integration.
Telephone Interview By Hud Secretary Cuomo ITY National Archives 2000
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Well, we don't want to ask people to go back and move, but as new people are coming into the system, let's take the opportunity to alleviate the situation and to deconcentrate.
Telephone Interview By Hud Secretary Cuomo ITY National Archives 2000
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Then you must work to deconcentrate that concentration of race or poverty.
Telephone Interview By Hud Secretary Cuomo ITY National Archives 2000
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When you have a concentration of race or poverty, then you must affirmatively work to deconcentrate.
Telephone Interview By Hud Secretary Cuomo ITY National Archives 2000
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I've asked Secretary Cuomo to crack down on unfair housing practices, to double the number of housing discrimination cases, to work with you to undertake a major legislative overhaul so public housing will help to deconcentrate poverty, mix incomes, and thereby mix people of all races and ethnicities.
Remarks By The President To Hispanic Caucus ITY National Archives 1998
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I have directed Secretary Cuomo to seek a major legislative overhaul in the admission policy for public housing, to deconcentrate poverty, mix incomes, and thereby mix racial balances for Americans.
Remarks By The President To Congressional Black Caucus ITY National Archives 1998
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This bill is designed to help deconcentrate poverty and strengthen the rental market across Virginia.
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