centralized

verb

past tense of centralize
as in consolidated
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control the company decided to centralize all of its operations at its Ohio plant

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Recent Examples of centralized But they’re endowed with a fundamentally different intelligence, one shaped by a separate evolutionary path and defined by a nervous system that’s distributed throughout their bodies rather than centralized like that of the brains of most animals. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026 Only 14% of enterprise leaders have centralized content management in place. — Benjamin Faes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The versatile dock eliminates the clutter from the wall outlet and keeps everything centralized. — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026 To support the industry, the Garment Center Capitol Association centralized at two now-iconic addresses. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 June 2026 Direct bus service from the Westside to SoFi Stadium is centralized around the downtown Santa Monica World Cup service station. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 There would be a 50/50 split in revenue between the league and players, and all local media revenues would be centralized. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026 That model was built around an assumption that security data needed to be centralized in one location for analysis. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026 Anjali Shaikh, managing director and leader of Deloitte’s global CIO program, tells Fortune that all these C-suite leaders should control different elements of the enterprise technology agenda, but that coordination should be centralized. — John Kell, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralized
  1. consolidated
  2. concentrated
  3. integrated
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  • According to the think tank InSight Crime, the alliance between these factions was one of the main reasons the Sinaloa cartel consolidated itself as one of the most powerful in the region.
    — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The message is sometimes shared with borrowers when student loans are consolidated or transferred to new companies — even when the person still owes money.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of consolidated
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  • Over time, much of the market concentrated around a small group of chipmakers, operating-system providers, cloud platforms and device manufacturers.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The attacks have concentrated on gas stations close to the front lines – and within easier reach of Russia’s attack drones.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of concentrated
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  • The Navy integrated the 16-foot USV into Baltic Sea exercises last June.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The concept was launched earlier this year in partnership with Eleven Lakes Brewing and was integrated into an existing taproom at the Lake Norman-area brewery, according to a news release.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Definition of integrated

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