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centerpiece

[sen-ter-pees] / ˈsɛn tərˌpis /


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Two scrolls from the Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead,’ one newly restored, form the breathtaking centerpiece of a show that reveals the considerable art involved in the ancient civilization’s burial rites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The engaging and often heartwrenching connection between the two is the film’s emotional centerpiece.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Before his senior year, he could become the centerpiece of a feverish bidding war between blue blood programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“Whether a person has a legal obligation or not is always going to be the centerpiece of determining insider trading cases,” Robert DeNault, Kalshi’s head of enforcement, previously told Barron’ s.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

His arguments for a fortified national government became the centerpiece around which all the compromises and revisions of the eventual document congealed, giving him the honorary title of “Father of the Constitution.”

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