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center

[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /






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While experts try to lock in a diagnosis, the center reported she’s receiving several prophylactic treatments and they are “cautiously hopeful.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Three new factories are set for just Arkansas, a center of U.S. weapons production.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

While still below normal, it’s “an encouraging improvement,” the center said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Just like how extreme demand for materials and semiconductors has sent data center construction costs soaring, extreme demand for capital is pushing up interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

“So, Celia, how are you enjoying your job at the rec center camp? I know the music teacher there. Sylvie?”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

But it’s the rift between May and Lotta that centers this busy story, which includes more subplots than can be quickly synopsized here.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Demand for key construction materials to build data centers has also risen.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

In this recent expansion, private schools have opened in farms and barns, addiction treatment centers, co-working spaces, people’s homes and parks, ProPublica’s review of 13 states found.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Google, for instance, has backstopped some data centers for Anthropic, in part to increase sales of its in-house AI chips, known as tensor processing units.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Some apparent regional or continentwide regressions of technology in Australia may stem from the isolation and relatively few inhabitants of its population centers.

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

“The City must build something better—results-driven, transparent, and centered around the people we’re trying to help, not the bureaucracy,” she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Humans and every other vertebrate may share an astonishingly strange ancestor: a tiny creature with a single eye centered on the top of its head.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Most of the damage was centered in underground garages where water had to be pumped out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Much of the craze has centered around the models' ability to sidestep structural constraints, including strict historic-preservation rules in many European cities that restrict exterior-wall modifications such as drilling for external AC units.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“To be honest, Mr. Rollins, I never planned on leaving,” I say, my legs not even shaking, rooted again on the centered x.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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

The vivid language of the novel ‘Playworld’ evokes the carefree early ’80s, centering on the freedoms and seemingly low-stakes perils of their Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

Once the concrete had set, the lagging was removed and the centering was lowered and moved onto the scaffolding of the next bay.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay




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