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
There would be a 50/50 split in revenue between the league and players, and all local media revenues would be centralized.
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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
In the years since, the California State University and University of California systems have also centralized their digital learning activities on the same system.
—Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller called for a shakeup in the US central bank’s operations, arguing that key functions should be centralized and subject to less consensus-building among its 12 regional reserve banks.
—Amara Omeokwe, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
During that war, operations were tightly centralized.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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
In the years since, the California State University and University of California systems have also centralized their digital learning activities on the same system.
—Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller called for a shakeup in the US central bank’s operations, arguing that key functions should be centralized and subject to less consensus-building among its 12 regional reserve banks.
—Amara Omeokwe, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
During that war, operations were tightly centralized.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralized
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And the housing industry has slowly consolidated as the market slumps.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Hilton, on the other hand, has consolidated a majority of the Republican vote with 59% to Bianco’s 29%.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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While much of those gains are concentrated in a few select sectors like health care, those two reports prompted some cautious optimism about hiring picking back up in 2026.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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The data also reveal how tightly this contamination is concentrated around Kantamanto, pinpointing the market as the epicenter.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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So why is the hotel so integrated into the city's narrative?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The connected services integrated into cheap Chinese cars are frequently highlighted as a key reason those vehicles are so much better than anything anyone can buy in the US, according to their boosters.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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“Centralized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralized. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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