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as in consolidated
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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as in focused
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
the students centered their attention on final exams
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as in equable
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Recent Examples of centered
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Your only job now is to stay centered while the winds pick up.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Each cycle left me more balanced and centered.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The glasses feature a centered camera, louder speakers with deeper bass and new shooting modes such as 60-frames-per-second video, slow-motion and time-lapse capture.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Your only job now is to stay centered while the winds pick up.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
But, for the Frenchman, the perils of organizing a world record attempt centered around one of Europe’s most famous landmarks have been equally taxing.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Each cycle left me more balanced and centered.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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The bombshell case was later consolidated as part of a $400 million lawsuit against The New York Times, Lively and the actress' husband Ryan Reynolds.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Republicans quickly consolidated Democrats, Antifa, and trans people into one radical enemy.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simon Goldstein, an associate professor focused on philosophy and AI at the University of Hong Kong, has also made this case.—
Webb Wright,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Labor In a section of the report focused on workers’ rights and safety, the NCP reiterates its gripes about lack of supplier audit documentation and adherence to local law rather than international standards.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Wolcott is an equable type with cropped dark hair and a preference for business-casual attire, which in the Pacific Northwest qualifies as formal wear.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2024
Verb
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Erewhon is a luxury grocery store chain with locations across Southern California, primarily concentrated in the greater Los Angeles area.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Northeast has always been very strong in culture and in its own ways of doing things, its own way of speaking, with our own accents, and the money was always historically concentrated in the Southeast.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Only on particularly bumpy tarmac did the GTS-spec suspension become too jarring with the adaptive dampers stiffened up in sport mode, but switching them to normal offered the best of both worlds—excellent, composed body control and tuning that ironed out imperfections remarkably well.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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The vocabulary being used by Qatar’s prime minister is strong, evocative and damning, a departure from his usual composed response to the incessant twists and turns of trying to end the 23-month war in Gaza.—
Paula Hancocks,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The evidence suggests that both of these African descendants were fully integrated into their respective communities sharing family ties and even the grave.—
Duncan Sayer,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
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The nanopores are anchored in an electrically resistant membrane, which is integrated onto a sensor chip.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Like gravity, like time; there are four unshakable laws that hold the whole damn business together: Press.—
Chris Cardillo,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Lynx play with unshakable swagger and intense focus, from supernova Collier to sharpshooting Kayla McBride to the tenacious Stud Budz.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Residents have consistently united to advocate for quality mass transit.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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But this time around, Democrats have united around several demands, including that any short-term funding bill include an extension of enhanced Obamacare tax credits, which are due to lapse at year's end.—
Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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