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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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Although teams are trying to play more directly to work the ball through or over man-to-man presses, there is still the possibility of consolidating possession once the initial attack breaks down.—
Jon Mackenzie,
New York Times,
27 May 2026 -
Nexstar also was in the process of consolidating Tegna’s operations and top Tegna executives had cashed out.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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The robot training center's primary focus will be on gathering all the data possible, across a diverse collection of robots, in an effort to be able to fine-tune methods to teach new bots old tricks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 May 2026
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So, the political arm of the Peninsula Open Space Trust, which helps acquire land that the open space authority often manages, qualified the measure for the ballot through an initiative signature-gathering drive.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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But a more even distribution of visitors is at least a different proposition from concentrating demand into the hottest, busiest months.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Signatories argue that the consolidation risks concentrating unprecedented influence over film financing, distribution and exhibition in the hands of a conservative media empire increasingly associated with right-wing editorial politics in the run up to the next presidential election in 2027.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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As the podcast industry debates the definition of a podcast and wades through unclear ad measurement tools, a secret industrywide taskforce has been meeting to combat the problem.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Before the breach, 23andMe touted its security practices as meeting the highest industry standards.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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But integrating chatbots made for adults into toys for kids poses its own array of threats, Padilla told the Union-Tribune.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Fernandez Bibeau’s portfolio as parks commissioner, effective June 1, will include integrating green infrastructure into the city’s broader open space strategy and strengthening coordination across cabinets to advance the city’s climate goals.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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The Disney subsidiary behind Doomsday is called For All Time Productions UK in a nod to its theme of converging timelines.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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That idea is at the center of Continuous Detection, Continuous Response (CDCR), a new framework implemented through Mate Security’s platform for converging those functions into a single continuous cycle.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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The new study suggests that the Milky Way merging with the Loki galaxy was almost on the scale of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus event.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
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This originally emerged , in part, through the visual languages circulating across Latin America and small pockets on the internet, the aesthetic speaks to how women have long been merging disparate style worlds into something entirely new.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The ingredients became rather expensive, not to mention that baking, assembling, decorating and transporting a carrot wedding cake was no small feat.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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But a shopping agent assembling an outfit, or a financial model deciding which risk is worth flagging and which is just chatter, operates in territory where what is good splinters into many defensible answers.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Concentering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentering. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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