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Landscape painters gain cultural centrality by showing a nation’s territory to itself.—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Given the time of day and the centrality of the station to the CTA’s system, there should have been senior leadership on the scene to direct employees.—Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 Like his fee scheme, the auction was another attempt to exploit the agent’s centrality for personal gain.—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 The centrality of the extra-long flyback chronograph seconds hand (in a straw-yellow color) nods to his belief that the watch is, at heart, an instrument.—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for centrality