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
Academic instructional coaches serve as teachers for teachers, but their jobs in Louisville are being cut and centralized as JCPS addresses its budget deficit.
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Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
The change will help keep government services centralized, Engleman said.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Salt Lake City, the Winter Olympic hosts eight years from now, is expected to be tightly centralized across Utah’s capital, with all venues being within a one-hour drive of the city.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The work can be done faster, because it’s centralized, tightly choreographed, closely monitored and possibly automated — but also because multiple things can happen at the same time.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
The work can be done faster, because it’s centralized, tightly choreographed, closely monitored and possibly automated — but also because multiple things can happen at the same time.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Breyer is managing all of the similar federal cases against Uber, which have been centralized in his court in San Francisco.
—Miguel Torres, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026
Democratic norms are preserved precisely so they can be invoked, even as their operation is steadily reconfigured and control over them increasingly centralized.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
But not everything needs to be centralized to the same degree.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
The change will help keep government services centralized, Engleman said.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Salt Lake City, the Winter Olympic hosts eight years from now, is expected to be tightly centralized across Utah’s capital, with all venues being within a one-hour drive of the city.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The work can be done faster, because it’s centralized, tightly choreographed, closely monitored and possibly automated — but also because multiple things can happen at the same time.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
The work can be done faster, because it’s centralized, tightly choreographed, closely monitored and possibly automated — but also because multiple things can happen at the same time.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Breyer is managing all of the similar federal cases against Uber, which have been centralized in his court in San Francisco.
—Miguel Torres, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026
Democratic norms are preserved precisely so they can be invoked, even as their operation is steadily reconfigured and control over them increasingly centralized.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
But not everything needs to be centralized to the same degree.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralized
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In the 2025 legislative elections, La Libertad Avanza, in alliance with the right-wing Republican Proposal, or PRO, party, consolidated its position as the largest bloc in both chambers and secured the one-third needed to uphold presidential vetoes in Congress.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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With this approach, a credit counselor works with your creditors to lower interest rates and your monthly payments are consolidated into one, with the debt typically paid off over three to five years.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Looking at the full year, the picture brightened as SMCP honed its full-price strategy and concentrated on improving brand perception.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
26 Feb. 2026
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But the impact appeared concentrated in one area of the farm complex, with other nearby buildings left largely intact.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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That curvature data is encoded as an explicit geometric prior and integrated into the model’s attention mechanism.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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But Bridge’s expanding tie-up with Visa underscores how the disruption narrative may be overstated, and how fintechs are becoming more integrated with legacy payment companies.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Centralized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralized. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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