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as in consolidating
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
you'll have to concenter your nebulous thoughts on the subject before even attempting to write
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as in gathering
to come together into one body or place
most of the local motels have concentered around the theme park, which is the region's biggest attraction by far
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Cost-containment measures, like consolidating software licenses and reusing expensive sets rather than continually tearing them down, were put in place.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 May 2026 -
The program is meant to optimize the transit network by consolidating duplicative routes and increasing service and frequency on corridors with high ridership.—
Joshua Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
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Her campaign involved gathering more than a million signatures; many were collected by Obama Foundation alumni.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Under Piggy and Ralph, the boys start off by building shelters, creating a signal fire, and gathering food and water.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Packing involves concentrating like-minded voters into fewer districts, or into a single district, to minimize their overall impact across multiple districts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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As a pair of smart glasses aimed at hard-of-hearing users, the Captify Pro delivers a focused and functional experience by concentrating almost entirely on live captioning and translation.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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The 40-year-old nurse manager married Dustin McNeal four years ago after meeting at the hospital.—
Laura Berrios,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Karl Mayer German textile machine maker Karl Mayer participated in Techtextil 2026, meeting with key customers and establishing new contacts, with visitors hailing from Germany, Poland, the UK, Turkey, France and Portugal.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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The deployment marks one of the service’s latest steps toward integrating unmanned systems into everyday missions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The trick is integrating them during the remodel, rather than bolting them on after a fall.—
Amy Kunst,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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More than 50 countries, including oil producers and major consumers, are converging in Colombia for a fossil-fuel exit conference.—
Fabiano Maisonnave,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Central Richmond gangs tend to congregate around Richmond’s Iron Triangle, an area near Carlson Boulevard that gets its name because of converging railroad tracks that form a triangular shape.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Musk left OpenAI’s board in 2018, and five years later started xAI as a competitor, before merging that business with SpaceX in February.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Not everything is wireless, though, which is where Sonos is merging the traditional with the cutting edge.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The expectations on Seton Hall were so low last season that a fourth-place finish in the league meant a unanimous coach of the year vote for Holloway, who didn’t have much to work with when assembling his roster.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Apple is now assembling artificial intelligence servers and some of its Mac Mini computers in Houston.—
Stephen Nellis,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Concentering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentering. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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