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centered

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verb

past tense of center

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Recent Examples of centered
Adjective
While Harris Reed had more exaggerated bottom lashes and more clustered to the outer wing, lashes at Dreaming Eli were more centered and top-heavy, leaving the bottom lashes natural. Essence, 23 Sep. 2025 Designed for high-intensity sports and active usage, the glasses feature a centered 12-megapixel camera with a 122-degree wide-angle lens and hyperlapse and slow motion recordings. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
It has long been centered in Europe although in recent years has begun to welcome participants outside the continent. Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 Founded by fiber artist Aurora Molina, Red Thread Art Studio Miami has built a practice centered on collaboration and community engagement. Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for centered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centered
Adjective
  • Many aeronautical firsts occurred in the equable skies above this city.
    Eric DuVall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Journalism’s trainer Michael McCarthy has been quite equable about all the chatter out of that direction.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • That suit joins hundreds of others already consolidated in federal court in California’s Northern District.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Those lawsuits were consolidated March 17 in the southern district of Texas.
    Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In the first episode’s Elimination Challenge‚ which was focused on North Carolina’s state vegetable, sweet potatoes — Cochran cooked up a pork loin in the kitchen at La Belle Helene that wasn’t quite cooked through, landing her in the bottom three competitors.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His anthological series debuted in 2022 and focused on the story of a therapist searching for her patient who vanished mysteriously into a dimension beyond reality.
    Arushi Jacob, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • What caught my attention, however, beyond the lip-syncing and costume changes, was the family opposite me: the mother neat and composed, father in golf-course polo and chinos, two thirty-something sons cheering alongside a girlfriend who would not look out of place on a pageant stage.
    Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Before Tuesday night, Konate had looked much more composed and commanding.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The idol system, concentrated around what’s known as the big four companies—HYBE, SM, JYP, and YG—is coming off as sluggish and conservative.
    Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Refineries differ somewhat from drilling in that they are partly concentrated in Texas (Houston, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, and Dallas) but also have a large presence in Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Bellingham, Wash.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In power since 2010 and looking for his fifth consecutive election victory, Orbán, 62, faces a more competitive race than at any time in the past two decades as Magyar has shot to prominence and challenged what once seemed an unshakable grip on power by the pro-Russian populist.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • What makes this chaos delightful rather than annoying is Robyn’s unshakable sense of control, grounded in pop principles and thoughtful craft.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Its unibody frame is integrated with a Ni-Ti alloy memory wire to ensure a secure, slip-free fit during high-intensity gym sessions or cycling.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Medieval and Early Modern Innovations By the medieval period, pickling techniques had become deeply integrated into European culinary traditions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Republicans demonstrated how disciplined political branding can shape perception.
    Richard Yanowitch, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Administrators told students to disperse, disciplined repeat offenders, and ended Yale’s association with a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
    Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centered. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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