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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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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
This month, the streamer is centering several reality TV favorites and bringing the Valentine's Day love.
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Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
The Moon-Pluto opposition could cause some issues, likely centering around your ongoing duties versus the need to rest.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
While centering on twenty-first-century rhetoric, IPS programs often incorporate embodied learning models including meditation, somatic movement, play, collaborative cooking, and other experiential activities alongside presentations, discussions, and publications.
—Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
The system—that’s studied by Harvard Business School students—encourages intentional allocation of time, while also centering perspective.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
O’Hara’s third collaboration with Guest’s troue took aim at the world of folk music, centering a reunion concert that featured hysterical original tunes, including one that Levy and O’Hara performed on the Oscars.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
With Lindholm unavailable, Matt Poitras made his season debut, centering the third line between Marat Khusnutdinov and Mikey Eyssimont.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Instead of centering the holiday solely on date night, the two brands are focusing on the sacred solo ritual of getting ready.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
By centering evidence over algorithms, VetEvince creates a space where technology amplifies skill rather than obscures it.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
The Moon-Pluto opposition could cause some issues, likely centering around your ongoing duties versus the need to rest.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
While centering on twenty-first-century rhetoric, IPS programs often incorporate embodied learning models including meditation, somatic movement, play, collaborative cooking, and other experiential activities alongside presentations, discussions, and publications.
—Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
The system—that’s studied by Harvard Business School students—encourages intentional allocation of time, while also centering perspective.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
O’Hara’s third collaboration with Guest’s troue took aim at the world of folk music, centering a reunion concert that featured hysterical original tunes, including one that Levy and O’Hara performed on the Oscars.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
With Lindholm unavailable, Matt Poitras made his season debut, centering the third line between Marat Khusnutdinov and Mikey Eyssimont.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Instead of centering the holiday solely on date night, the two brands are focusing on the sacred solo ritual of getting ready.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
By centering evidence over algorithms, VetEvince creates a space where technology amplifies skill rather than obscures it.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centering
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Legality becomes a tool for consolidating power.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Zipcar is owned by rental car company Avis Budget Group, which is consolidating corporate operations in New Jersey.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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The president and drug company leaders have previewed the site by focusing on savings for popular drugs such as Ozempic, which often carries a list price of $1,000 per month.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Before the relaunch, the label had been dormant in fashion for 30 years, focusing instead on fragrances.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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Rather than concentrating on a single release, the company shared an Ecosystem that can manage everything from full-scale floor washing in residential and commercial settings to countertop wiping.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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The chemical smell often described in these videos is also due to fuel fumes concentrating in one area, not the smell of burning snow.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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More broadly, this work highlights a promising pathway for integrating solar energy directly into electrochemical energy storage, potentially bridging the gap between renewable energy harvesting and efficient energy utilization, according to researchers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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By integrating supplier data and focusing on high-impact variables such as product weight, organizations can achieve significant improvements in emissions accuracy, according to the Higg Index’s exclusive licensee.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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His idea of uniting people could just mean music.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Debates over how to manage predators can be fierce, but beefing up the state’s ability to respond is uniting groups that are often at odds.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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This magnetized ridge appears to funnel material and magnetic flux between the merging nuclei, further emphasizing the role of magnetic fields in governing the flow of matter during galactic collisions.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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That's when former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson came up with a way to put on a fundraiser while merging UT's past and present.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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The researchers achieved 61 percent accuracy with a single organoid but reached 83 percent when combining responses from an ensemble of three organoids.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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This would have involved combining several negatives, either by printing them together in a darkroom or cutting and pasting and then rephotographing them.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Centering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centering. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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