center
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With financial support from the British government, Ukraine in March launched A1, a center within the Defense Ministry focused on integrating AI into the military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
CoreWeave can draw from those credit lines, either based on timelines or project milestones, such as the completed construction of a data center.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Those more theatrical, highly scenic spaces are more likely to get you off your phone. Little moments of delight center you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
But after a trade to Charlotte for center Mark Williams was rescinded, Knecht never settled back into the rotation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
These bones are the center of much contention —we call them Bone Wars.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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SpaceX reported having 1.7 gigawatts of computer capacity at the end of the quarter and is adding more at giant centers in Memphis and Mississippi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Adding to the pressure from big IPOs, hyperscalers plowing money into data centers have hit the brakes on buybacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Subsequent events ”proved he was right” because of heavy demand for power for data centers, Kim said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The centers power the company’s lucrative cloud computing services and AI business, including its newly-launched Grok Bot AI agent, which Musk said was fast gaining customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
In contrast, Europe’s geographic balkanization resulted in dozens or hundreds of independent, competing statelets and centers of innovation.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The findings help explain why a disease centered in the liver can be strongly influenced by events occurring elsewhere in the digestive system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
For Leverton, restoring the carousel is important in bringing a piece of history back to the city, one centered on affordable outdoor entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The first thing to know about “Oh, Mary!”—if the cacophonous enthusiasm for its off-Broadway run hadn’t reached your ears—is that the play, written by Cole Escola and centered on Mary Todd Lincoln, is howlingly funny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
That movie starring Jesse Eisenberg centered on Mark Zuckerberg, a student who struggled socially and eventually created his own online ecosystem for making friends -- what would become Facebook.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Much of the talk centered around events to which I was not privy, and even Charles’s kind parenthetical remarks of explanation did not help much to clarify it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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The original’s success paved the way for a surge in shows centering Black life in America, including “Living Single,” “Moesha” and “Martin.”
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
“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 Memphis, Tenn., 31-year old Justin Pearson is finding support by centering data-center opposition in his Democratic campaign for Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
I hold up my pendant to the sky, centering the dwarf sun in the middle of the obsidian.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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