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center

[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /






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That’s why he currently commands the center ring of the circus.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

A metal bed with a refrigeration system that maintained a continuous layer of frost over its surface was placed at its center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Concierge service is available 24 hours a day, and common areas include a fitness center, an entertainment lounge, children’s playroom, dog spa, and a rooftop terrace outfitted with grilling stations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued," Hochul said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

We skidded to a stop dead center, and as though we’d planned it, we reached out at the same time to grab hands.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Tesla’s Megapacks, analysts say, are critical to meeting demand for power driven by the U.S. build-out of data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

It also said that Amazon had the most energy-efficient data centers and will publish annual reports detailing its utility usage and efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The biggest special award, of course, was Elon Musk’s $132 billion blockbuster from Tesla in November, tied in part to establishing a Mars colony and extensive orbital data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Google is aiming to find out whether data centers can run in space, the WSJ’s Rebecca Cadenhead writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was these tiny details that showed the littlest kingdom’s deep-rooted ties to its Oxscinian colonizers: it looked almost exactly like a copper kispe, except squints had square holes through their centers.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Linton’s defense has centered on expert testimony from a neurologist and a psychiatrist who say Linton had a seizure before the crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Treasury yields lower, while those of French, Italian and Greek bonds jumped in a sudden divergence helped by the unwinding of popular hedge-fund trades centered on Europe, according to fixed-income analyst and traders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The OIG's investigation centered around a major building renovation project at the Fed's Washington headquarters whose cost estimates grew from $1.3 billion in February 2020 to $2.4 billion in December 2024.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Can you tell us what issues you centered in that brief, and just lay out what relief it was that the plaintiffs felt was so urgently needed?

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Manifest Herald newspaper office was about centered on Main Street and we walked into a holy mess.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centering around claims they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent financial regulations.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The original’s success paved the way for a surge in shows centering Black life in America, including “Living Single,” “Moesha” and “Martin.”

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

“My job is to always be centering folks in the work.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In Memphis, Tenn., 31-year old Justin Pearson is finding support by centering data-center opposition in his Democratic campaign for Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

“This is centering the chi,” Miss Lizzy say.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles




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