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[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /






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His opponent has put El-Sayed’s religion and ethnicity at the center of his attacks, yet El-Sayed is the one who’s continually asked to disavow bigotry.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

Housing construction has flatlined, hit by high borrowing, materials and labor costs as developers compete with the data center build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“No matter what position I have held, this community — my community — has always been front and center of the work that I have done.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

But their shared lust for adventure created a prickly tension within their family unit, a strain between their passion and parentage that sits at the documentary’s emotional center.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

About noontime I put down my knitting and went out to the center room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“Funding investments across hyperscalers, data centers, AI labs, semiconductors and power will push corporate bond supply materially higher in the coming year,” Hjort says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Now through Nov. 2, in-person voting centers are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder/county clerk’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Juanita Vallejo, 40, of Edinburg, Texas, said she sees Hinojosa as an “empowered woman,” and likes her firm stances in support of public schools and curtailing data centers.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center is among just 57 cancer centers nationwide to receive the National Cancer Institute's prestigious "comprehensive" designation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

While the official center of the government remained in the executive and congressional offices at Philadelphia, the truly effective centers of power were located in two political partnerships based on personal trust.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Raman’s version of socialism has centered on protecting tenants, expanding transit and bike lanes, and bringing down housing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Before the victory over the Raiders, most of the conversation about the rushing attack centered around a question: When would coach and play-caller Sean McVay find a way to effectively use both?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

For years, one prominent explanation centered on supernovae, the powerful explosions that occur when certain stars reach the ends of their lives.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

A bunch of AI-lab ETFs recently arrived to the market, including one centered around OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, which had helped popularize artificial intelligence after it was introduced to the public in late 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Using sun-dried brick as a basic building block, the Mesopotamians devised complex cities centered around the temple.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

Owner Matthew Chernus opened the restaurant on Bayshore Beach in 2023, closing the Alhambra location and centering operations on one end of Long Beach’s Alamitos Peninsula.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

“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

But instead, I force myself to take three deep, centering breaths.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy


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