How to Use centralize in a Sentence

centralize

verb

• The controversial reforms could be used to further centralize power in the hands of one party.
• All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office.
• The system does not store or centralize full records, the agency said.
  — Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 29 Jan. 2026
• The only way to scale it reasonably in states is to centralize more of the work.
  — Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2020
• Within an hour, the barking centralized at one spot.
  — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
• Trump has lost much of his bet to centralize the management of elections in his own hands.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
• For loose items such as bagels or muffins, the bakery has centralized barcodes hanging on signs.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2020
• But not everything needs to be centralized to the same degree.
  — David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• And a lot of the decision-making for creative projects doesn’t tend to be centralized.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
• All of Allez's bread and pastry production will be centralized here.
  — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2026
• The promise was simple—centralize logs, correlate events and spot threats faster.
  — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• Xi would do well to note the outcome of Mao’s attempt to centralize power and control.
  — Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022
• Maceri said by centralizing services the new campus will help more people get off the streets.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Like so many aspects of modern life, what was once centralized and searchable has become dispersed.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
• But Ford and Fisher centralize the plot around a zippy mood of flagrant cool.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Like the human immune system, the global one isn't centralized.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
• This new application will centralize the rent assistance process for the whole state.
  — Karina Andrew, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
• The city closed its jail doors last year as part of a larger effort to centralize housing inmates into the county jail.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2019
• But his new plans would go a step further and centralize power under the executive branch.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
• In a great stroke of pragmatism, Signal chose to be centralized anyway.
  — Kai Ye, WIRED, 23 July 2023
• Her main interests in life centralized around her children and grandchildren, and she was involved in each of their lives.
  — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Exxon has also looked to centralize traders in London this year to attract and retain talent.
  — Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023
• That model worked when sports was seasonal, media rights were centralized, and stadiums were used a few dozen times a year.
  — Joseph Glatt, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
• The next era will not belong to societies that centralize everything.
  — Keith Krach, Fortune, 7 June 2026
• That’s why cost management centralizes by default.
  — Udam Dewaraja, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• The center would centralize programs and offices and include a museum for groups and schools.
  — Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
• The squat arrangement of the mirrors and camera centralizes as much mass as possible.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
• But experts say his assertive style and efforts to centralize control could cost him – and China.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022
• The import and marketing of wheat, like that of other goods in Tunisia, are highly centralized.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2023
• Importantly, the new group is not intended to take over or centralize the array of work that will be done in these areas.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024