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centralize

[sen-truh-lahyz] / ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪz /


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Several of the executives are due to attend the launch of America.gov, an AI-powered government website designed to centralize services across federal agencies.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Blackstone recently launched a new unit called Blackstone N1, or BXN1, to centralize the firm’s AI bets and named Jas Khaira, who spearheaded its CoreWeave investment, as the unit’s global head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

The move comes after Disney’s board and newly installed Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro unveiled a more streamlined management structure that sought to centralize its sprawling marketing operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Now that we have one clear policy, we can update all of our Help pages and try to centralize this a bit more.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

Sure enough, conflict between them broke open at the end of January, when Lawrence appeared in Chicago with a proposal to centralize all the plutonium and isotope work, including the atomic pile, at Berkeley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“It’s actually a very efficient process, in the sense that it centralizes what otherwise would be distributed, more expensive, complicated, and in many cases, therefore just wouldn’t happen at all.”

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

The bill centralizes responsibility in the Governor’s Office for coordinating this care by creating a new care coordinator staff position.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

The biggest problem is that it centralizes Europeanness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

Web2 centralizes a bunch of cool stuff that was happening with Web1, but you are saying Web3 decentralizes it again.

From The Verge ● Apr. 12, 2022

The new Paperwork Reduction Act centralizes, in OMB, oversight of all agencies' information requirements and strengthens OMB's authority to eliminate needless forms.

From State of the Union Address by Jimmy Carter

The hack “illustrates the risk concentration inherent in large, centralized intermediaries,” Cristiano Ventricelli, a vice president at Moody’s Ratings, said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

When asked whether West Virginia’s centralized approach to data-center development made more sense than the way most states are doing it, Van Nieuwerburgh called it “interesting.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Nor will media literacy programs, stronger education about viruses, centralized hubs for medical information, “prebunking” campaigns, or community engagement programs—all good ideas from experts that still cannot meet the sheer force of our paranoia.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

If a relatively simple machine can produce behavior that looks intentional without possessing a decision-making system, could human behavior also appear to result from centralized decisions even if no such central process exists?

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Even the earliest Mesopotamian states exercised centralized control of their economies.

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

“You’re having a conversation about the future of young workers, and you’re not centralizing them in the conversation,” Lundrigan said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

"Rather than centralizing superintelligence, we should distribute it widely and give every person the ability to direct it," Zuckerberg wrote, arguing that open models are a key part of a global AI ecosystem.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Rather than centralizing this power, we believe that delivering personal superintelligence to everyone is the way to answer this question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“It’s just centralizing all of the different parts of the road map that I’ve been trying to build for myself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

But in all branches of industry—and death is an industry, my young friend, make no mistake about that—one makes one’s money from operating in bulk, from buying in quantity, from centralizing one’s operations.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman


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