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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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 Zavataro has organized exhibitions centering interdisciplinary artist Linda Alterwitz, landscape painter Phyllis Shafer and sculptor Guillermo Bert, among others. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026 Earlier in August, A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to contribute $567 million to an abatement fund as part of a public nuisance case centering on child-safety allegations. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 The Iran War began in February, with US airstrikes on Iran leading to conflicts centering on a part of the Strait of Hormuz—a narrow waterway through which a major share of the world’s seaborne energy trade normally travels. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Her series kick-started a wave of creators on both TikTok and Instagram centering their content on living life alone. — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 But this season the hottest arrivals on the coast boast design philosophies that offer a deep sense of place by centering local craft histories and heritage materials. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 Rather than centering on deprivation, the program emphasizes creating space for mental clarity and balance. — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Peyton Miller played a centering header, off an arcing ball from the right side to back post from Harrison, and Yusuf slammed home a header to open the scoring in the 23rd minute. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Kings rookie Éric Bélanger got the nice assignment of centering Luc Robitaille and Ziggy Palffy, and the line got on the board just 90 seconds into the game. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for centering

Verb

The May survey found that 40% of school districts were also consolidating their bus routes.

— Willa Rubin, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Talarico is consolidating Democratic support at 91%, while 79% of Republicans have expressed their commitment to Paxton.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of consolidating

Verb

The inaugural edition took place in India, and selected a crop of businesses focusing on India’s priority health domains like oncology, chronic disease management and preventive care.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Secure-storage laws cut through traditional policy debates by focusing on a straightforward, preventative standard.

— Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of focusing

Verb

The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Specifically, concentrating the binder near the separator narrowed the pathways for lithium-ion movement.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of concentrating

Verb

MacDonald and editor Phil Hignett have a keen, witty sense of how the online realm crashes offline living, seamlessly integrating deadly-accurate TikTok parodies into the film’s breezy narrative flow.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
By integrating waypoint tracking with an obstacle-avoidance cost, the robot could detour around an obstacle while continuing toward its destination.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of integrating

Verb

Data center backlash is also uniting people from across the political spectrum ahead of the midterm elections.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
At home several center-right parties initially declined to join his coalition, illustrating the challenge of uniting the broader Brazilian right behind his candidacy.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of uniting

Verb

Paramount’s affirmative case is that merging Paramount+ and HBO Max would create a streaming business with the scale to compete with Netflix, Disney and Amazon.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Kavanaugh-Jones previously worked as a film finance agent at CAA before launching Automatik and then merging with Range in 2023.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of merging

Verb

Klein, for his part, hopes the results inspire future research combining keto with popular glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) weight-loss drugs such as semaglutide, tirzepatide, and more.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
By combining multiple types of light into one image, NASA is able to reveal the complete picture of what this energetic galaxy is made of.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026