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Recent Examples of centrality
This pace outstrips the rate of underlying consumer spending growth by tenfold, underscoring its centrality to both market performance and broader economic data.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
During his tenure, Nelson introduced a series of organizational and liturgical changes intended to emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ in church practice and to streamline local worship.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
This is especially important given the centrality of AI to Washington’s competition with Beijing.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
For centuries, the Quran’s centrality to the Muslim faith has led people across the Islamic world to turn scripture into works of art.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
During his tenure, Nelson introduced a series of organizational and liturgical changes intended to emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ in church practice and to streamline local worship.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
This is especially important given the centrality of AI to Washington’s competition with Beijing.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
For centuries, the Quran’s centrality to the Muslim faith has led people across the Islamic world to turn scripture into works of art.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for centrality
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Armani’s legacy is a lesson in essentiality, discipline and authenticity.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The growing importance of storage, indeed its essentiality, is covered in a major article — more of a white paper, really -- authored by three energy attorneys at the world’s largest law firm, Dentons: Clinton Vince, Jennifer Morrisey and Andrew Mina.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation of enabling astronomers to discover transients or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring supernovae.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Each partnership underscores the home’s growing reputation as a hub for connection, celebration, and cultural impact.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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Everyone who resists change perceives it as some kind of threat—to their career, their status or their authority.—
Phil Gilbert,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
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At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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While this can occur in any workplace, these patterns occur more prominently in careers which reward prestige and urgency, according to Lindquist.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The Maldives’ own India Out campaign—paradoxically led by Yameen after his electoral defeat to the pro-Indian politician Ibrahim Mohamed Solih—gained traction, casting India as a neo-imperial power.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Already one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, the 6-foot-7 swingman, still just 22, has exhibited flashes of potency on the other end of the court.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The city limits registration to no more than one cannabis retailer, which does not apply to businesses with lower-potency hemp edible retailer registrations.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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One of its earliest directors spent outrageous sums on art, believing the expenditures would help burnish the orphanage’s name and lure generous donors (who remained scarce).—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Speaking on The David Rubenstein Show with the private-equity billionaire of the same name, Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein asked the investment bank chief about the current national debt level, which stands at a whopping $38 trillion.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Cavaliers appeared to be in good position to escape with the win in regulation after forward Evan Mobley hit an above-the-break three-pointer off an assist from forward De’Andre Hunter to give Cleveland a two-point advantage.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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There’s a world in which both these positions—and their constituencies—can coexist.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Centrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centrality. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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