as in centers
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a health club that has become dating central for singles in the area
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Beans are often associated with South America, the Dutch have popularized the instant coffee brands Americans have become most familiar with and café culture centers on Italian espresso traditions.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
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People who are unhoused often rely on area warming centers, such as the Willa Gill Services Center, and local nonprofits, to make it through the year’s coldest days.—
Sofi Zeman
October 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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For two years, Israeli jets and special forces have undertaken daring missions, striking targets once thought untouchable, with regional capitals from Doha to Tehran and Damascus bearing the scars of Netanyahu’s pledge to reshape the Middle East after the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Both capitals sit along the Skagerrak and Kattegat straits, home to busy shipping lanes which connect the North Sea to the Baltic Sea.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rapid Change Four days spent criss-crossing the Yangtze River Delta by high-speed railway to visit Chinese businesses gave an indication of the pace of change in the region that is one of the hubs of Chinese technology development.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hiegel elaborated that while hubs like Northern Lights are ready to receive CO2, capture is slowed by high energy demands, complex retrofits, and market barriers.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The summer pastures near Prospect Mountain feature fisheries, expansive water rights dating back to the early 1900s, and rock-climbing meccas.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Aug. 2025
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These nuclei pump heat, dust, and gas into their environments, some circling in bright accretion disks, while some escape far beyond the galaxy’s edges.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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These particles, known as cosmic rays, are mostly composed of single protons, although heavier atomic nuclei, electrons, positrons (the antimatter counterpart of electrons), and neutrinos are all present as well.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Centrals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centrals. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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