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Presumably the exhibition curated by Adam Lerner, director of the Denver museum, won’t view Mothersbaugh’s path since the 1970s as a regressive, devolutionary manifestation of the artist's original manifesto.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2014

If the devolutionary and revolutionary trends continue apace then there could be even more consequences for international security.

From US News • Sep. 18, 2014

If you know Scotland and its devolutionary politics, that adds an extra layer, but don't let a lack of interest deter you.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2011

With its "devolutionary theopantism" * and "axiological eschatology,"* theology is jaw-breakingly abstract.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under all devolutionary schemes, properly so-called, the central Parliament and executive remain the ultimate depositaries of power; and the powers entrusted to local bodies are administrative only, and can be resumed at will.

From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by Rosenbaum, S.