CENTERING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

centering

verb

present participle of center

as in consolidating

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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Relevance

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as in focusing

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 centering By centering the experience of individual characters, narrative storytelling captures what historical records and textbooks cannot. —

Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026 Create an expansive courtyard with warm pavers that lead up into a matching fireplace before centering the area with an outdoor dining set. —

Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026 Designed to bolster artists of Native and Indigenous backgrounds centering Indigeneity in their work, Sundance’s Native Lab has been around since 2009. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026 Last year, Adult Swim announced that spinoff series President Curtis, centering on voice actor Keith David’s titular character, would be on its way. —

Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026 In overtime, Fillier received a centering pass from Maja Nylén Persson and flicked it over the glove of Maddie Rooney for her seventh goal in the last six games. —

ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 His YouTube page, once an online venue for his songs, was more recently dedicated to paranoid rants about his family members, some centering on his relationship with his grandfather, and others where Valdez displayed bizarre behavior like imitating Nazi soldiers. —

Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026 At the same time, the studio is re-centering the battle royale itself, adding new weapons like the X-Ray Cannon and Uzis, high-risk Banan Altars, and new Super Animals born from alien experimentation and space-age engineering. —

MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 Her advocacy for children in Gaza had led to a torrent of criticism from right-wing groups that accused her of antisemitism for centering Palestinian children rather than Israelis. —

Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026

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Verb

This stampede into mid-cycle map-making is more about consolidating power than ensuring fairness.

— Kathy Schmitz, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
The administration initially retained women to project an appearance of diversity while consolidating power, but as the openly sexist nature of the MAGA movement has gained mainstream acceptance, maintaining that facade has become less necessary.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026