devolve
verb (used with object)
to transfer or delegate (a duty, responsibility, etc.) to or upon another; pass on.
are devolving
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present progressiveof devolve.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“It is quite unbelievable that things are devolving as quickly as they are,” Burchett said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
“Many universities, sadly, are devolving into what I would call ‘multiversities’ because the disciplines are so siloed,” Kilpatrick said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
From updates I’ve been hearing, some of the other kids are devolving into being sick enough to need to go to the hospital too.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
What their administrations can and are devolving into are very similar.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2018
We are devolving into a roving band of bullies insisting that we are to be treated differently, and most troubling at the expense of everyone else.
From Washington Times ● May 2, 2016
