as in consolidates
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 centralizes
Based primarily out of Atlanta, the filmmaker centralizes communities which, prior to his 2005 breakout Diary of a Mad Black Woman, were not often showcased on mainstream multiplex screens.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
By shaping it into a workspace that centralizes resources, apps and workflows, leaders can immediately cut down on a team’s context switching and cognitive load.
—Neil Henderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
By shaping it into a workspace that centralizes resources, apps and workflows, leaders can immediately cut down on a team’s context switching and cognitive load.
—Neil Henderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralizes
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The move consolidates several of Musk’s major ventures, bringing his rockets, social media company X, Grok and SpaceX’s satellite Internet subsidiary Starlink under a single umbrella.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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The move consolidates Musk’s largest private ventures and could help lay a path for SpaceX to list on public markets this year.—
Faiz Siddiqui,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2026
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That will result in its lineup of juice concentrates being discontinued in the coming months.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Pumping high-achieving students into the graduate-school-to-white-collar pipeline made Yang question a system that concentrates the best and brightest in a handful of cities and professions.—
Xochitl Gonzalez,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead of relying on external line drivers, the device integrates differential drivers and receivers directly on the chip.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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The human body relies on a sensory network in which the nervous system receives and integrates signals from organs, such as the ears, eyes and tongue, as well as sensors throughout the body detecting things like pressure, temperature and balance.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Centralizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralizes. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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