How to Use centralize in a Sentence
centralize
verb- The controversial reforms could be used to further centralize power in the hands of one party.
- All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office.
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Her main interests in life centralized around her children and grandchildren, and she was involved in each of their lives.
— Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2018 -
Facebook had much to gain by centralizing the web onto one platform: Facebook.
— Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 17 May 2018 -
But all these dilemmas only exist because Facebook has centralized so much power within its network.
— Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2018 -
But there is the danger that the costs will be so high that the university may have to centralize services, narrow its mission and become more like a polytechnic institute.
— Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 1 May 2018 -
Unbeknownst to him, Catwoman's in the vicinity looking for a quick score, all while other local heroes and villains have been centralized near city hall.
— Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2018 -
Everything is centralized in terms of programming and operational support.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024 -
The only way to scale it reasonably in states is to centralize more of the work.
— Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2020 -
But Ford and Fisher centralize the plot around a zippy mood of flagrant cool.
— Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019 -
And a lot of the decision-making for creative projects doesn’t tend to be centralized.
— Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023 -
Xi would do well to note the outcome of Mao’s attempt to centralize power and control.
— Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022 -
Utah has gone the other way and is building its own app that will use GPS as well as Bluetooth and will centralize the data.
— Hadas Gold, CNN, 5 June 2020 -
The group marched to Huntington Place to centralize two groups of protesters in the downtown area.
— Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2024 -
For loose items such as bagels or muffins, the bakery has centralized barcodes hanging on signs.
— Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2020 -
Lac du Flambeau is a hub, Doud said, and feels centralized to Wisconsin's 11 tribes.
— Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Revenue from the sponsorship will be centralized across all 30 clubs in MLB.
— Maury Brown, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 -
Another key factor is the U.S. and Canada having the resources to centralize their teams in one place during the four-month lead-up to the Olympics.
— John Wawrow, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022 -
The import and marketing of wheat, like that of other goods in Tunisia, are highly centralized.
— Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2023 -
The city closed its jail doors last year as part of a larger effort to centralize housing inmates into the county jail.
— Eric Heisig, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2019 -
The White House has long sought to centralize decision-making to overcome...
— John Lehman, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2020 -
In a great stroke of pragmatism, Signal chose to be centralized anyway.
— Kai Ye, WIRED, 23 July 2023 -
Flickinger said centralizing some meat packaging is all right, but there still has to be the service at the store, the master meat cutter or butcher.
— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024 -
Exxon has also looked to centralize traders in London this year to attract and retain talent.
— Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023 -
Like the human immune system, the global one isn't centralized.
— Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024 -
This new application will centralize the rent assistance process for the whole state.
— Karina Andrew, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021 -
Manage your memories One of the smartest tech products of 2019 centralizes all your digital photos and videos, and keeps them all in one place.
— Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2019 -
The president has centralized power in the White House at the expense of cabinet agencies.
— Bobby Jindal, National Review, 18 Sep. 2019 -
But experts say his assertive style and efforts to centralize control could cost him – and China.
— Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022 -
If passed, the law would centralize authority over those areas to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
— The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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