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 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 Future-proof leaders understand that intelligence distributed across a room is more valuable than intelligence centralized in one person. — Mary Hemphill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The circuits that transmitted these communications were centralized. — Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 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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  • This year, Mecklenburg County and the club consolidated the remaining issues into a single remediation project.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
  • The change consolidated that job with another clerk’s office, which Republican supporters said would make the local judicial system more efficient.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of consolidated
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  • As the pass map below shows, Oyarzabal concentrated more on linking play, frequently dropping deeper than wide attackers Lamine Yamal and Alex Baena.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Consensus among economists is largely concentrated around a 2% growth forecast for the year, Zandi said.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of concentrated
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  • Its compact design allows it to be integrated into a wide range of robotic platforms with minimal space requirements.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Other technologies now used as part of IVF suggest that AI could soon become more integrated, despite its potentially small effect on the success of pregnancy and birth.
    — Edna Bonhomme, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
Definition of integrated

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