dead center

phrase

: in the exact center
She hung the picture dead center on the wall.

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Staying true to form, the Swift Spin 14 AI came in dead center among its competitors in our battery test, delivering a respectable 20 hours and 41 minutes of juice. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026 Instead, McCarthy connected his barrel to an Andrew Kittredge pitch, and the ball went soaring toward the deepest part of the field at 415 feet to dead center. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The left-footed charm of Music, Fashion, Film is that every readily identifiable flaw or fuckup is dead center and obviously coordinated for effect. — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026 Pack glass dead center in your suitcase, surrounded by clothes on all sides, with no hard objects adjacent. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dead center

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“Dead center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20center. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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