as in to consolidate
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 centralize
Tom Meyer, program manager at the El Dorado County Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience, said his office was created after the 2021 Caldor Fire, which burned more than 200,000 acres, to centralize fire resilience efforts.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
Responding to Scott, city Chief Administrative Officer Faith Leech said a 10-year government efficiency section of the plan to centralize HR will be completed in March or April.
—Carson Swick, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
This enables organizations to centralize control while sidestepping many of the risks associated with DIY pipelines.
—Taylor Brown, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal (Yucatán) Photo by Richie Chan/Shutterstock
The Maya were never centralized in one capital.
—John Newton, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
Responding to Scott, city Chief Administrative Officer Faith Leech said a 10-year government efficiency section of the plan to centralize HR will be completed in March or April.
—Carson Swick, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
This enables organizations to centralize control while sidestepping many of the risks associated with DIY pipelines.
—Taylor Brown, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal (Yucatán) Photo by Richie Chan/Shutterstock
The Maya were never centralized in one capital.
—John Newton, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for centralize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralize
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The Green New Deal crowd pushes them to consolidate power.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The district is already in the process of consolidating some schools and planning for future renovations and replacements.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
4 Feb. 2025
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Such an effort to concentrate authority in an all-controlling executive has a striking parallel in Europe: the remaking of Hungary under its longtime prime minister, Viktor Orban.—
BÁLINT MADLOVICS,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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Arguments in favor of this seem to concentrate on people’s inability to adapt to reality in regard to commuting to work, sleep problems, etc.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Also at the University of Chicago, NORC is part of a consortium that last year received a $53 million, 10-year grant to better integrate the use of evidence and data into USAID programs.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The decade is lushly integrated into the storyline, a soft focus and sepia tones bring an air of nostalgia to the fore as the sets and cast recreate the trappings of a gritty Madrid, 1979.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Centralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralize. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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