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
The order was the president’s latest attempt to centralize the executive branch’s power over the government.
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Colby Smith, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The outbreak, though centralized in Texas, has since spread to multiple other states, though no deaths have yet been reported elsewhere.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Whereas regulatory policy was decentralized and permissive in the United States, it was centralized and strict in Canada and centralized but ineffective in Spain.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The airport movies were similarly represented in the brain, with each step of the sequence characterized by a predictable cross-brain fingerprint centralized in the prefrontal cortex.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
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Colby Smith, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The outbreak, though centralized in Texas, has since spread to multiple other states, though no deaths have yet been reported elsewhere.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Whereas regulatory policy was decentralized and permissive in the United States, it was centralized and strict in Canada and centralized but ineffective in Spain.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The airport movies were similarly represented in the brain, with each step of the sequence characterized by a predictable cross-brain fingerprint centralized in the prefrontal cortex.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralize
Verb
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The plan included consolidating underperforming retail locations and workforce reductions.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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Currently Hugo Boss is consolidating New York personnel into its Mexico operation, which will then provide back office functions for the whole of the Americas region, Mueller said.—
Cathrin Schaer,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
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Take two minutes to breathe deeply and concentrate on your breath.—
David Ko,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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For decades, the feds predominantly chose to only target businesses that expressly marketed their products as poppers intended for inhalation, concentrating their enforcement efforts on more dangerous drugs.—
David Mack,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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These factors are integrated into course material and field sessions non-stop.—
Ashley Thess,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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Rather than needing to copy and paste passwords from your password manager to other apps (which puts your password on the clipboard at least for a moment), 1Password is integrated with many apps and can autofill.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Centralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralize. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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