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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
Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Instead, the release centered on Pat McAfee, who hosted a special alternate broadcast on ESPN while the traditional telecast aired on ABC.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 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
Organized by Healthy Seas, a foundation committed to removing marine litter and protecting life in oceans across the globe, the mission was part of a campaign centered on ghost-net removal and biodiversity monitoring on Mediterranean shipwrecks.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Instead, the release centered on Pat McAfee, who hosted a special alternate broadcast on ESPN while the traditional telecast aired on ABC.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 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
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What had been a 10-point lead on Election Night for Pratt consolidated to seven points on Wednesday, six on Thursday and now three by the weekend as more votes are counted.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
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The Forest Service has denied that the pending closures are intended to force workers to quit and has suggested that employees in the facilities being evaluated for shut down would be consolidated into one location in Colorado.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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Originally focused on electric-vehicle battery recycling, Redwood is now growing even more on using battery recycling to build battery energy storage for hyperscalers and the grid.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Testimony and evidence in the trial has not focused on race, but social media posts and protests outside the courthouse have divided along racial lines in a case where the victim was white and the defendant is Black.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2026
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Americans have known Fox News’s Kayleigh McEnany as the composed woman behind the podium, forcefully defending administration policy in the White House briefing room, sparring with reporters on live television, or navigating the relentless pressures of national politics.—
Kiara Moore,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2026
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McIlroy overcame some early inconsistency to put together a composed round, while Burns leaned on excellent ball-striking to match him at the top.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026
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But Rheinmetall’s expansion is increasingly concentrated in lower-risk areas such as air defense, digitization, and naval systems, the Morningstar analysts pointed out, while partnerships and vertical integration help mitigate execution and supply chain risks.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The bulk of shower and storm chances are concentrated across coastal Collier, Miami-Dade and Broward counties.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Zulfi is an iconoclast and a hustler, a man who dreams of opening a Muslims-only version of Uber and who, even in the face of Shah’s elitism and English society’s broader wariness, holds onto an unshakable optimism.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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The Vegas Golden Knights’ stunning comeback win over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night was only possible because of a seemingly unshakable composure.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Like Groq and Cerebras, D-Matrix relies on SRAM, a type of memory that can be made at logic fabs like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and integrated on the same chip.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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The company focuses on certification-grade energy storage systems that can be integrated into aircraft propulsion architectures and repeatedly deployed across different platforms once approved by regulators.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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The behavioral healthcare category is about to find out which of its consolidators belong to the disciplined group.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The kids were wild kids and disciplined kids.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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“Centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centered. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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