How to Use decentralization in a Sentence

decentralization

noun
  • In this case, is decentralization tied in any way to the blockchain?
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
  • How blockchain and NFTs and decentralization will lead to new forms of hacktivism.
    Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Their examples show how brands can enter the world of NFTs, the blockchain, and decentralization.
    Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Two, Bluesky should lean into decentralization as a tool to grow the user base.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • So, while the rhetoric is about decentralization of finance, the real control may remain in the hands of a select few.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024
  • By contrast, the rule in the United States is decentralization.
    John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
  • In practice, full decentralization has been hard to achieve and even has some drawbacks.
    Alex Tapscott, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The results of British decentralization have been at best uneven, and at worst harmful.
    Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The decentralization of artist-to-fan relationships seems to be the next major trend in music.
    Yola Robert, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • In the new age of decentralization, no single company should be the name-keeper of this next frontier.
    On Marketing, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And because of Bluesky’s decentralization plan, users who don’t think the app is doing a good enough job will be free to try another app based on the protocol.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • The merits of decentralization were clear: As long as the movement had no leaders, the Hong Kong government and Beijing would have a harder time quelling it.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Thus, many have pinned their hopes on decentralization.
    Orawan Limnalong, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Tech news has been featuring talk of decentralization for some time now.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • The natural decentralization and lack of oversight by the league ensures that there is no record when teams violate rules, Lasker said.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • The crisis in Catalonia has made plain the problems of Spain’s decentralization.
    Ana Palacio, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The Twitter co-founder is a firm believer in the decentralization of social media.
    Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 14 June 2023
  • Sustained brand lift from A-list celebrity endorsement has faded over the years with the decentralization of media.
    Jimmy Decicco, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2021
  • Key to the project is its eventual and complete decentralization, in part to ensure its long-term existence.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Small-block people argue that the big-block vision will undermine the decentralization that drew many people to the cryptocurrency in the first place.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Why would this fierce advocate of decentralization design a skyscraper that would have been more than four times taller than the 1,250-foot Empire State Building, then the world's tallest building?
    Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Despite many movements for tech decentralization, the dragon’s hoard of gold has kept growing.
    WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • For the portion of the community that believes crypto should stand for decentralization, the merging of two of the world’s largest exchanges will also be cause for concern.
    WIRED, 9 Nov. 2022
  • One of the biggest things users can do is simply stay off the app, a move Schroeder says could help put pressure on the company to make decentralization a priority.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 31 July 2023
  • With remote work the new norm, the lockdown has ushered in a decentralization of Hollywood, where insiders no longer have to be in L.A. to be plugged into the industry.
    Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Despite the talk of decentralization, centralized companies like Yuga Labs, which owns the Bored Apes, have done well.
    Scott Nover, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
  • State and federal agencies certainly don’t care about decentralization, at least to the same degree as the crypto crowd.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Ukraine agreed to lead the local election and decentralization reforms with the representatives of the occupied parts of the Donbass.
    NBC News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • In the Web3 era, where decentralization and user control are key, blockchain's role will only become more significant.
    Evgeny Popov, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Moreover, decentralization brings challenges in content moderation and user safety.
    Jeffrey Edell, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024

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