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SYDNEY—Australian economic growth slowed in the first quarter of the year, when the central bank started raising interest rates and the Middle East conflict sent fuel prices surging.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
He made crime a central issue in his campaign, promising voters he would enforce more of the city’s laws.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Torrential rain filled rivers in western and eastern Japan including in the Tokyo area, with the Japan Meteorological Agency issuing flood warnings for regions including densely populated Aichi prefecture in central Japan and Tokyo.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Market focus is widely expected to be on BOJ Gov. Ueda’s speech later in the day at the Kisaragi-kai meeting in Tokyo for clues on the central bank’s rate-increase trajectory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Bad behavior was no longer on the fringes of an otherwise sound economy; it was its central feature.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing central
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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