devolved in English

verb
1
transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.
measures to devolve power to the provinces

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1. These Atlanteans devolved into apes

2. The legislative branch itself oversees devolved local governments.

3. The devolved administrations consider and adopt UK policies and procedures where applicable.

4. 10 The federal government has devolved responsibility for welfare to the states.

5. All Directorates carry out monitoring/verification missions of their Delegations' management of devolved operations.

6. He would be devolved to the lowliest life-form, a mere troglodyte , exiled from his own kind.

7. 25 They dismissed it as vague and said it would legitimise Labour's devolved Assembly and dilute plans for full independence.

8. The precincts were crowded with his Apparitors, officers upon whom devolved the duty of executing the judgements of the court

9. What started out as a good time Quickly devolved, and Katie fell victim to the violent, drunken rage of a juvenile gang.

10. The current Scottish Parliament was established by the Scotland Act 1998 and its first meeting as a devolved legislature was on 12 May 1999.

11. A mass gathering devolved into a riot after individuals broke windows, Burglarized a business, and lit a fire in an occupied apartment building.

12. The metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986 with most of their functions being devolved to the individual boroughs, making them de facto unitary authorities.

13. The Government of the Republic of Ireland also has the right to "put forward views and proposals" on non-devolved matters in relation to Northern Ireland.

14. Internal political maneuvering resulted in a new constitution in 1963 that abolished the Prime Minister position and devolved all executive power upon the office of the President.

15. Concordats stipulate the procedures and rules to be followed by the UK Government and devolved administrations for effecting co-operation and coordination in policy processes characterized by shared competence (i.e

16. A soldier recalled shells "Bespattering us with dirt, crashing down the limbs about us, and the minnie balls [were] whistling around us at a tremendous rate." McGowan fell injured, as did his senior officer, and command devolved on Colonel Joseph N

17. Abhorrant Archregents are ancient and evolved (or devolved) Abhorrant Ghoul Kings, their skin having thickened and its body developing iron-hard muscles even as its own madness grows ever more deeper and more invasive to any who come into contact with it.