as in consolidates
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 centralizes
Rivermate’s platform centralizes these activities, providing organizations with a consolidated view of their international workforce and standardized processes across countries.
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Kaitlyn Gomez, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Local teams traditionally interpret every clock-in and absence according to domestic law, yet the engine now centralizes that logic and applies it consistently across jurisdictions.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
As an agency management platform, Epic centralizes an insurance agency's day-to-day operations, from policy administration and client data to commissions.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Based primarily out of Atlanta, the filmmaker centralizes communities which, prior to his 2005 breakout Diary of a Mad Black Woman, were not often showcased on mainstream multiplex screens.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Kaitlyn Gomez, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Local teams traditionally interpret every clock-in and absence according to domestic law, yet the engine now centralizes that logic and applies it consistently across jurisdictions.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
As an agency management platform, Epic centralizes an insurance agency's day-to-day operations, from policy administration and client data to commissions.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Based primarily out of Atlanta, the filmmaker centralizes communities which, prior to his 2005 breakout Diary of a Mad Black Woman, were not often showcased on mainstream multiplex screens.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralizes
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That’s the stage of sleep where the brain consolidates memory, repairs muscle and runs the nightly glymphatic cleaning cycle.—
John La Puma,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Maps rollout is part of a broader restructuring Apple is calling Apple Business, which consolidates its existing suite of business tools—Apple Business Connect, Essentials, and Manager—into a single platform.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Where Farhadi concentrates on the script and the actors via images that are largely transparent and neutral, Haghighi truly thinks with the camera.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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That process concentrates the liquid from about two percent sugar to the 66 percent sugar content needed to become maple syrup.—
Breana Pitts,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The school integrates four years of rigorous academics with four years of professional work experience through its corporate work study program.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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According to technical details shared during the launch, the production line integrates 24 precision assembly stages and 77 inspection checkpoints.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Centralizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centralizes. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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