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In his first term as president, he acted as a conservative who sought to minimize the power of centralized government, unleash the economy and restore judicial restraint to the courts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Although hostile to intrusive, centralized government, Reagan helped create a bi-state agency with Nevada to control growth at pristine Lake Tahoe.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023
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- unitary state
- single-point authority
- command-and-control system
- unitary system
- top-down rule
Possible Antonyms
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- decentralized government
- bottom-up governance
- distributed power
- states' rights model
