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 In the new series, Hughey reimagined the cult classic through a modern lens, centering a Black female lead (Keke Palmer). —

Angelique Jackson, Variety, 10 June 2026 Inspired by figures like Jack Greenberg, the longtime head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Dan chose public service, centering his path on helping the underserved while challenging entrenched systems of inequality. —

Joel Rubin, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026 Councilmember Raman, who previously supported Bass’ reelection bid, has positioned herself as a challenger from the left, centering her campaign on housing affordability, tenant protections and government reform. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 June 2026 Lord’s video is shot from the back seat of a car cruising down Sunset, the camera tracking other street ads beyond the windshield, centering a lasso-wielding Marlboro Cowboy, a Star Wars movie billboard, and one for the box-office flop Perfect (1985), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta. —

Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026 By centering Black women’s experiences, researchers and advocates have exposed the ways inequities compound across generations and across institutions from hospitals and insurance systems to workplaces and public policy. —

Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 With their help, the sci-fi survival novel centering on NASA astronaut Mark Watney, who becomes stranded on the Red Planet, became the perfect sci-fi book for its time. —

Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 May 2026 Janel Parrish, Leslie David Baker and Erinn Hayes lead a forthcoming feature centering on a kidnapping. —

Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026 Svechnikov started the sequence in Montreal’s end by picking off a centering pass by Lane Hutson, circling the zone and finding Seth Jarvis, who sent the puck back to Svechnikov at the top of the circles. —

Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 May 2026

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Verb

To address the shrinking student population and revenue, the district is considering closing schools or consolidating campuses.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
While consolidating systems and updating near-obsolete equipment might seem like an obvious way to get savings, strategy and execution are critical, as is the ability to understand precisely how and where the value is being delivered.

— Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 9 June 2026