centralized

past tense of centralize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of centralized The Kansas City Board of Elections centralized its polling system in 2019, so voters are able to go to any of its 80 polling locations in Kansas City and cast their ballot, Ealom said. — Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026 In Daunt’s view, Waterstones’ trouble was that its previous owners had run it as a stuff company, where books were mixed with things like scented candles and decision-making was centralized. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Foreign counterparts have confidence that Gulf countries will implement their side of any bargain because political power is centralized enough for leaders to ensure that state bureaucracies follow through. — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 The buying and marketing teams of Saks and Neiman’s have been centralized, while Bergdorf’s maintains its own team. — David Moin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 The Hoosier cabinet is a freestanding kitchen workstation and storage area that centralized and sped up food preparation. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralized
Verb
  • Once all data was collected, it was consolidated and weighed within a scoring model.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Since the merger didn’t close until the current fourth quarter, most numbers won’t be consolidated with WBD until the next earnings hit.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Unlike competitors Nike and Adidas, however, Under Armour remains overwhelmingly concentrated in North America, with more than half its sales ($737 million) originating domestically.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The outbreak is caused by Bundibugyo virus, a type of Ebola virus, and is currently concentrated in the DRC.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • There is no public confirmation that this particular missile has been integrated.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than eliminating that need immediately, tokenization may initially add another layer that has to be integrated with the systems already in place.
    — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Centralized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralized. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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