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Recent Examples of centrality
With the centrality of Ellen comes the centrality of her ailment: the film makes frequent and flashy displays of her body-racking fits, which Depp invests with ferocious, wrenching physicality.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
As an evangelical Christian tradition, Pentecostalism emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ and the centrality of scripture.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet in spite of his centrality to Mono-ha, Lee was also something of an outlier, occupying a position suspended between nationalities and artistic traditions.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
One key idea in network science is betweenness centrality — defined as how often a node lies on the shortest path between all pairs of nodes in a network.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
As an evangelical Christian tradition, Pentecostalism emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ and the centrality of scripture.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet in spite of his centrality to Mono-ha, Lee was also something of an outlier, occupying a position suspended between nationalities and artistic traditions.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
One key idea in network science is betweenness centrality — defined as how often a node lies on the shortest path between all pairs of nodes in a network.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for centrality
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Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.—
Lisa Fitzpatrick,
Forbes,
30 Sep. 2024
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Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
3 Sep. 2023
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The growth and reputation of the gallery has been organic, according to Diaque, who used to work at Labor, one of the big three galleries in Mexico City, along with Kurimanzutto and OMR.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Super Bowl is here and the Kansas City Chiefs have a winning reputation to keep up as the face the Philadelphia Eagles.—
Neil Nakahodo,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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Alan Brown, director of public affairs for the Alaska National Guard, emphasized that there were no immediate plans to change the status of the case to a recovery mission.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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The letter also stressed the school system does not collect information about the immigration status of students.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Despite not originally being intended for public use, the classification is now used to determine prestige, attract funding and faculty.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2025
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The prestige hair care brand is getting into fragrance with the launch of L’Originale, an eau de parfum debuting on the Sephora app Feb. 18 and on the brand’s website, the retailer’s website as well as select travel retail points of sale the following day.—
James Manso,
WWD,
12 Feb. 2025
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With only around 60,000 Gaelic-language speakers left in the world, The Island is doing wonders for representation and at the same time constitutes so much more — an entertaining, twisty crime thriller featuring a dose of star power in the form of Industry breakout Sagar Radia.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Immigration was a key element of President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and helped Republicans sweep to power on a national level.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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That’s why the bill suggests developing a colored label system to denote THC potency.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
The Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2025
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Mainstream audiences may not have always been ready for the task of keeping up with him, but Lynch’s desire to make these swerves is essential to the continued potency of his art.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The eight phases of the moon, in order, are: New moon Waxing crescent moon First quarter moon Waxing gibbous moon Full moon Waning gibbous moon Last quarter moon Waning crescent moon What are the names of full moons throughout the year?—
Janet Loehrke,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Rest assured, Hepburn’s legacy isn’t lost: A plaque out front bears the name of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s star.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2025
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While holding positions at New York Magazine’s The Cut and Office Magazine, Randall spent most of their time researching and writing about the intersection of culture and fashion from an unorthodox perspective.—
Tiana Randall,
Architectural Digest,
7 Feb. 2025
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Weintraub's term ended in 2007, but FEC commissioners continue to serve in their positions until they are replaced.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Centrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centrality. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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