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center

[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /






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Jack had reached for a vol-au-vent, swallowed it whole in one bite, rinsed it down with a glass of champagne and seized center stage all in one action.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

But subtract 500 acres for the data center, and you still have 379,679 acres of Nodaway County farmland left.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

With the season kicking off Aug. 29 at home against San José State, USC still is searching for its starting center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

SB Energy, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank, is developing the 10-gigawatt site, which would be the largest data center project announced to date.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

I think of that inspirational poster on the wall of that classroom in the community center.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The yearly increase in the cost of materials for industrial construction surged to a postpandemic high of 5.3% in July, underscoring the immense push to build more data centers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

In something of a reversal, the governor recently ordered regulators to halt connecting data centers to the state’s power grid while projects undergo audits for such things as water and electric usage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Companies are spending hundreds of billons of dollars on data centers, and that’s driving up the cost of materials needed during construction.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Take the construction of data centers vital to the future of AI, not to mention a constantly improving internet and better cellphone service.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The deserted shopping centers with broken storefronts were disturbing enough before we cut into the first neighborhood of little brown and gray and white houses.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Although the study centered on autism spectrum disorder, the approach could have wider applications.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

The former public health director has stuck to a platform centered on affordability at home and an end to foreign entanglements.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

After a few blocks on Reseda, Papas turned back into the neighborhood centered around Etiwanda and started tracing loops across the blocks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The fire didn’t respond to being sprayed in the kitchen because it wasn’t centered in the kitchen.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Hershey Pa.’s Christian Pulisic set up a sequence that led to a Paraguay own goal, and then, not long after, zipped a centering pass to the 24-year-old Balogun to make it 2-0.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 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

Mind you, Lawrence’s signature formula is still very much in play here, centering the plot around a sensitive, sad hero trying to start over after a great loss.

From Salon May 11, 2026

This time, instead of centering around the private sector, a Treasury crisis could hamper the government’s ability to finance itself.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

“This is centering the chi,” Miss Lizzy say.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles




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