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center

[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /






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We take you inside the backlash that forced the stunning reversal, and reveal how JPMorgan tried to put a $20 billion valuation on the proposal at the center of the controversy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The spokesperson added that detainees at the center “are provided with proper meals, water, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Now, it’s at the center of a messy business dispute.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Saturday night ended with some friends at a barbecue place across from the convention center, a spot made famous by the movie “Top Gun.”

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

“I knew it — the center of the earth!”

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Iran’s maritime deterrence strategy centers around an extensive arsenal of antiship cruise missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Jump into an affordable public pool or hunker down at a public library, free museum, or one of the city’s public cooling centers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

A coming opening in the S&P 500 could be filled by an energy company that has massively benefited from demand for new data centers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Amazon.com reported Thursday that cloud-computing sales are quickening, and that its investments in data centers to serve cloud customers are accelerating, a combination that has cheered investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The P4 Jean Mérieux-Inserm Laboratory in Lyon, France, was one of the most advanced biological research centers in the world.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

It centered on a deceptively simple question: Why do estate plans fail?

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The choreographer marked the nation’s semiquincentennial and his troupe’s 45th anniversary with a program at the Joyce Theater of repertory classics and a New York premiere all centered on American music.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Humans and every other vertebrate may share an astonishingly strange ancestor: a tiny creature with a single eye centered on the top of its head.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

One of the night’s longest detours centered on Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

It is not coincidence that such a momentous decision centered on the schoolhouse.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Going into the tournament there was a lot of talk centering on how Aronimink could prove too easy for the world's best.

From BBC May 16, 2026

This time, instead of centering around the private sector, a Treasury crisis could hamper the government’s ability to finance itself.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

But Lawrence’s reputation for thoughtfully centering stories about healers and healing in wells of humor began with “Scrubs,” which aired for seven seasons on NBC before moving to ABC for its eight and ninth.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2026

Baile World is the brainchild of co-founder Courtney Hollinquest, a staple of L.A.’s nightlife scene known for centering POC femmes — both in terms of the audience she curates and the DJs she books.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

I hold up my pendant to the sky, centering the dwarf sun in the middle of the obsidian.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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