as in to consolidate
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
the company decided to centralize all of its operations at its Ohio plant
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Recent Examples of centralize
Cloud migration helps centralize data, enabling faster insights and better decision making.
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Devang Pandya, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Based primarily out of Atlanta, the filmmaker centralizes communities which, prior to his 2005 breakout Diary of a Mad Black Woman, were not often showcased on mainstream multiplex screens.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
All coordination is centralized in the human.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
By 1970, a pumpkin plant in nearby Eureka had closed, and operations centralized in Morton.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
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Devang Pandya, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Based primarily out of Atlanta, the filmmaker centralizes communities which, prior to his 2005 breakout Diary of a Mad Black Woman, were not often showcased on mainstream multiplex screens.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
All coordination is centralized in the human.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
By 1970, a pumpkin plant in nearby Eureka had closed, and operations centralized in Morton.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralize
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From there, think about whether consolidating makes sense and how to create a strategy that reflects the big picture.—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Orbán has long sought to consolidate his power through concocting scapegoats for Hungary’s ills.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Valley fever, the disease caused by the fungus Cocciodioides, was once concentrated in the American Southwest but is now threatening vast swaths of the country.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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The new report showed how young audiences are increasingly concentrated within digital platforms.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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By integrating creators into the YouTube broadcast and the marketing of the game in multiple ways plus utilizing altcasts, the NFL might have been showing its commitment to trying things YouTube’s way.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The motif was also integrated into new prints in combination with other Jardini signatures, such as strings of pearls or the fun motif of a hen, including a special version of the animal wearing black optical frames just like the designer’s own.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Centralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralize. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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