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to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
centered administrative duties under the command of a single person
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to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
the students centered their attention on final exams
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Recent Examples of centered
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
Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
SoCal innovations, all of them — and the industry remains centered here.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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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
Intense controversy followed, centered in the Democratic Party, about corporate handouts and welfare.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
SoCal innovations, all of them — and the industry remains centered here.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for centered
Adjective
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Many aeronautical firsts occurred in the equable skies above this city.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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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
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The Provost’s Office began reviewing the programs in 2024 to evaluate where programs can be consolidated, suspended or consolidated.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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The market power debate Live Nation Entertainment consolidated the live entertainment market by vertically integrating several business segments involved in concert production.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Star also offers a newsletter focused on Lee’s Summit news.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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One moment that stuck with her involved a student who asked to do a senior project with Martin focused on domestic violence.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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Before Tuesday night, Konate had looked much more composed and commanding.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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But holding on leaves your portfolio heavily concentrated.—
Doug Ashburn,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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From the outset, the firm concentrated on labor law claims, premises liability, vehicle accidents, and medical malpractice matters.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Trump has a child’s attention span, a megalomaniac’s urge for a ribbon cutting before his term ends, zero willingness to listen to anyone who doesn not agree with him, and — most of all — an unshakable belief that his taste and judgment is far better than any arts commission’s.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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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
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For companies looking for even deeper insights, the hub can be integrated into TrusTrace’s full enterprise platform for comprehensive upstream supplier engagement and supply chain traceability.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The park is one of Baltimore’s oldest public spaces, home to a historic nine-hole golf course that has long served as an accessible recreational hub, particularly for Black golfers as one of the first courses to be racially integrated in 1951.—
Michael Howes,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But the interiors are more disciplined—materials used in the rebuild were meticulously chosen by architect Tomoyuki Sakakida of the Japanese design firm New Material Research Laboratory and meant to oxidize over time.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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Join us for our third CNBC Pro LIVE, where investors of all backgrounds — from financial professionals to everyday individuals — come together to cut through the noise and gain actionable strategies for smarter, more disciplined investing.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centered. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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