central
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The central bank has been trying — and failing — for five years to reduce inflation to an annual rate of 2%.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
He noted the swift uptick in activity at North Korea’s central Yongbyon nuclear complex, including at a 5-megawatt reactor, a reprocessing unit and a light-water reactor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
These results show that LypABC acts as a central control hub for this process.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
Because the Vertigo is something everybody who lives here recognizes as central to a sort of framework of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The captain was stationed with eight American soldiers in Haiti’s rural central plateau, charged with keeping the peace for 150,000 Haitians, mostly peasants, spread over a thousand square miles.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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