as in consolidating
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 centralizing
County officials said the funding will boost anti-human trafficking efforts and expand services for survivors of domestic violence by centralizing support at the Family Justice Center, which launched in May last year, while also adding two criminalists to reduce forensic testing backlogs.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
The new model aims to consolidate existing contracts while centralizing detention operations nationwide.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
By centralizing identification, communication, and processing, the platform can create opportunities for operational resources to shift toward service delivery rather than paperwork.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
These bills focus on centralizing regulatory power at the state level, specifically to protect religious exercise and streamline certain property and business regulations by preventing local governments from imposing stricter rules.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Instead, CIOs should focus on centralizing guardrails while allowing variation within them.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
That involves centralizing cash through techniques (like sweeping) and mechanisms (like cross-border collateral), in line with a global marketplace’s ability to facilitate the fluid movement of supply and demand across different countries and languages.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
The judge warned that centralizing voter data would chill voter registration and cause Americans to fear misuse of their personal information.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The state’s enduring educational problems will not be fixed by rearranging the bureaucratic deck chairs and centralizing authority or even by boosting funding, but by decentralizing decision-making and placing more of it in the hands of parents.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
The new model aims to consolidate existing contracts while centralizing detention operations nationwide.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
By centralizing identification, communication, and processing, the platform can create opportunities for operational resources to shift toward service delivery rather than paperwork.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
These bills focus on centralizing regulatory power at the state level, specifically to protect religious exercise and streamline certain property and business regulations by preventing local governments from imposing stricter rules.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Instead, CIOs should focus on centralizing guardrails while allowing variation within them.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
That involves centralizing cash through techniques (like sweeping) and mechanisms (like cross-border collateral), in line with a global marketplace’s ability to facilitate the fluid movement of supply and demand across different countries and languages.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
The judge warned that centralizing voter data would chill voter registration and cause Americans to fear misuse of their personal information.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The state’s enduring educational problems will not be fixed by rearranging the bureaucratic deck chairs and centralizing authority or even by boosting funding, but by decentralizing decision-making and placing more of it in the hands of parents.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralizing
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The combination has been proposed before with the aim of consolidating news-gathering costs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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That, in turn, can reduce the benefit of consolidating.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The city has invested $9 million in its Hart Lift storefront revitalization program, concentrating those efforts in and around Pratt Street.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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Civil liberties’ advocates warn that concentrating large volumes of identity data among a small number of verification vendors can create attractive targets for hackers and government demands.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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The researchers have been talking with officials about the prospect of integrating some version of ePOCT+, says Kulinkina.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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By integrating these two types of facilities, the total electricity consumption for both the data center and the industrial plant can be reduced by more than 75%.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Centralizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralizing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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