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[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /






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Companies that sell electricity have finally figured out a way to make money off the data center boom without ending up on the wrong side of the political fight against data centers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

London has lacked a major gold futures market in recent years, leaving New York as the dominant center for exchange-traded gold derivatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"But up in the Tallahassee Hills, where the nearest massive Mississippian mound center is located, it's common in all vessels. It's the plain-Jane tempering technique there."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

A wood-burning cast-iron stove serves as both fireplace and heater in the center of the living space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I shoved my way through the crowded aisles to the center room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Companies that sell electricity have finally figured out a way to make money off the data center boom without ending up on the wrong side of the political fight against data centers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Turba Labs aims to double the world’s available compute without building new data centers by optimizing existing artificial intelligence infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Yet roughly 70% of Americans say they oppose data centers being sited near them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Although there are many constraints on AI’s growth—a shortage of memory chips, an uncertain return on investment, rising interest rates—the dearth of data centers looks like the more significant and immediate one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In fact, the earliest identified crops were two drought-resistant species of millet in North China, but rice in South China, suggesting the possibility of separate northern and southern centers of plant domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The OIG's investigation centered around a major building renovation project at the Fed's Washington headquarters whose cost estimates grew from $1.3 billion in February 2020 to $2.4 billion in December 2024.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Can you tell us what issues you centered in that brief, and just lay out what relief it was that the plaintiffs felt was so urgently needed?

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

The continuing divergence between the two economic powers suggests investment in China has to be centered on earnings streams supported by government policy and specific areas of local demand, Eastspring adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Pillow Talk,” WHUR’s long-running late-night program hosted by Stribling, centered on relationships, conversation and music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Here the theorem provides the theoretical support for the fact that the measurements of any quantity tend to follow a normal bell-shaped “error curve” centered on the true value of the quantity being measured.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“My job is to always be centering folks in the work.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

This year, “A Very Laufey Day” will include experiences in 75 cities across 25 countries, centering on the theme of “A Celebration of the Arts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

In fact, she was treating herself daily to gelato and centering carbs at every meal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Going into the tournament there was a lot of talk centering on how Aronimink could prove too easy for the world's best.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

The squire brought down, and gave Demodokos, the clear-toned harp; and centering on the minstrel magical young dancers formed a circle with a light beat, and stamp of feet.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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