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The decision, which takes effect on Nov. 15, is aimed at improving the management of foreign-exchange liquidity, the central bank said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
They have traded the lush tree-lined avenues of central Delhi for rows of nearly identical concrete blocks, with open fields stretching beyond.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Zhiwei Zhang of Pinpoint Asset Management said the central bank’s move signals concern over the rapid appreciation of the yuan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Search teams with sniffer dogs continued to look for victims on Thursday, a day after the collision in central Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
We were moved from the rez elementary school to the big central junior high at the same time most of us hit puberty, around eleven or twelve years old.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Celia imagines the cane she cuts being ground in the centrales, and its thick sap collected in vats.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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The two sulci centrales sive fissuræ Rolandi run straight to the border of the hemisphere, less deeply impressed than is normally the case, without forming an angle with each other.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer
At that time the Museum sent out to the Écoles centrales of the different departments of France named collections made up from the duplicates, and in this sort of drudgery Lamarck took an active part.
From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Others, known as "colonos," are planters only, the crop being sold to the mills commonly called "centrales."
From Cuba, Old and New by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson
As at present organized, the force is divided into twenty-six brigades, one for each arrondissement and six companies, known as the reserve, formerly the brigades centrales.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by William Walton
Heating to such houses is supplied by large plants known as TETs - an acronym that stands for "heat and electricity centrals" in Ukrainian as they generate electricity as well as heat.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Its 15 "centrals" are pals with their customers, keep them in touch with local gossip.
From Time Magazine Archive
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About the centrals was a new and unexpected enthusiasm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They claim that a majority of Cuba's 175 "centrals" are now operating at a loss or barely paying expenses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Okay, two of them can go back in. Your centrals, or as you know them, your two front teeth,” Dr. Maris declared, looking pleased.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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