centralizing

present participle of centralize

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Recent Examples of centralizing Other leagues are increasingly discussing centralizing their local media rights sales, with the possibility of bundling them together on a streaming service such as Amazon Prime Video, DAZN, ESPN, or YouTube. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026 However, emerging technologies, often seen as centralizing power, offer a surprising opportunity to distribute it. Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Welch has floated the notion of centralizing human resources operations in the House. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 Max and Ben ask Eli how soon your morning routine will change, which platforms are most exposed to AI disruption, and whether centralizing everyone’s attention was actually a mistake. Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 July 2026 Any plan for data retention policies remains troublingly unclear, and there’s seemingly been no privacy impact assessment weighing the privacy implications of centralizing so much sensitive data in the White House, the Guardian reported. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026 Over the past two years, Nasdaq has focused on standardizing data definitions, centralizing information, and building dashboards capable of supporting more advanced AI applications. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Councilmember Carroll Fife, meanwhile, shares Houston’s rationale that voters should be allowed a say despite her own misgivings about centralizing power in a single individual. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralizing
Verb
  • The May survey found that 40% of school districts were also consolidating their bus routes.
    Willa Rubin, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Talarico is consolidating Democratic support at 91%, while 79% of Republicans have expressed their commitment to Paxton.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Specifically, concentrating the binder near the separator narrowed the pathways for lithium-ion movement.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • MacDonald and editor Phil Hignett have a keen, witty sense of how the online realm crashes offline living, seamlessly integrating deadly-accurate TikTok parodies into the film’s breezy narrative flow.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • By integrating waypoint tracking with an obstacle-avoidance cost, the robot could detour around an obstacle while continuing toward its destination.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Centralizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralizing. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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