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centralization

[sen-truh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌsɛn trə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
consolidation
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Do so in this case, and centralization loses much of its luster.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

While Rockefeller was the most spectacularly successful at monopoly building—what he gently termed “cooperation”—he was also part of a greater movement in American business toward rationalization and centralization.

From Barron's May 2, 2026

Previously known as Clear Channel Communications, the company has experienced the dark side of automation and programming centralization.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

“At the end of the day, it’s centralization, not technology, that affects wealth and equality,” he explained.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2025

This visible evidence of political centralization that the kofun provide reinforces the accounts of Kofun era Japanese emperors written down much later in Japanese and Korean chronicles.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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