centralized

[sen-truh-lahyzd] / ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪzd /

ADJECTIVE

internal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutional domestic in-house intramural national private subjective

WEAK

circumscribed civic enclosed gut home indigenous inherent innate inner innermore inside interior intestine intimate intrinsic inward municipal native visceral viscerous

Antonyms

WEAK

external outer

Example Sentences

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A long-standing idea in neuroscience holds that the brain acts as a centralized controller that decides which actions an animal will perform.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

He anticipates Okta becoming a centralized platform that customers use for both human and AI agent identities.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

“Researchers track these whales daily, but we can scale their impact by crowdsourcing data from the many more numerous commercial and recreational boats, and building a centralized alert system,” Liccardo said in a release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Lyft also is working on creating a centralized platform with IT controls for all of its agents.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

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