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centralize

[sen-truh-lahyz] / ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪz /


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Find insight on Syensqo’s strategic review, Indonesia’s plans to centralize exports and more in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

The move comes after Disney’s board and newly installed Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro unveiled a more streamlined management structure that sought to centralize its sprawling marketing operations.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

Now that we have one clear policy, we can update all of our Help pages and try to centralize this a bit more.

From Slate Apr. 1, 2026

It’s unclear whether Paramount would sell the historic Melrose Avenue lot or simply centralize the sprawling operations onto the Warner Bros. and Paramount lots in Burbank and Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2026

The plan was accepted at most branches, but some of the more far-flung outposts felt that the plan was an effort by Jo-hannesburg to centralize control over the regions.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The biggest problem is that it centralizes Europeanness.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2023

Web2 centralizes a bunch of cool stuff that was happening with Web1, but you are saying Web3 decentralizes it again.

From The Verge Apr. 12, 2022

And voters with a college education tend to be located in urban areas, which centralizes and thus diminishes their influence.

From Washington Post Oct. 11, 2021

An app that centralizes France’s vaccine and other medical appointments, Doctolib, announced Tuesday that 1.3 million people signed up for injections after Macron gave a televised address Monday night urging more vaccination.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2021

Thus the State gradually becomes the debtor of most of the wealthier members of the community, and centralizes the largest amounts of capital in its own hands.

From Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Reeves, Henry

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed and interview Tuesday, Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out an argument that the power to control AI shouldn’t be centralized among a few industry players.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Under the VAR system, officials sitting before a bank of monitors in a centralized control room review match footage in real time and advise the on-field referee of potential errors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

The U.S. lacks a set of centralized rules and regulations governing how these cars should behave, leading states and cities to figure out enforcement on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

However, that process depends on hazardous organic solvents and typically requires specialized centralized facilities.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Descendants of those societies that achieved centralized government and organized religion earliest ended up dominating the modern world.

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

"Rather than centralizing superintelligence, we should distribute it widely and give every person the ability to direct it," Zuckerberg said in his essay.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Rather than centralizing this power, we believe that delivering personal superintelligence to everyone is the way to answer this question.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Maceri said by centralizing services the new campus will help more people get off the streets.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2026

Adopting a blended-data approach, using private and public sources, and potentially centralizing statistical agencies could improve data quality and timeliness.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

But in all branches of industry—and death is an industry, my young friend, make no mistake about that—one makes one’s money from operating in bulk, from buying in quantity, from centralizing one’s operations.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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