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centralize

[sen-truh-lahyz] / ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪz /


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Kim also wants to centralize authority over health insurance programs within the department and is proposing a plan to guarantee healthcare for every child in California — two ideas that would need extensive legislative authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Last year, Allen came under fire after announcing sweeping cuts at about two dozen local affiliates that included laying off meteorologists, part of a reorganization to centralize forecasts at the Weather Channel in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

The ice-cream maker will eventually need to condense and centralize all of the AI agents created inside the company, though it’s aiming not to disrupt employee creativity in the process, Friedlander said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The plan was accepted at most branches, but some of the more far-flung outposts felt that the plan was an effort by Jo-hannesburg to centralize control over the regions.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

And voters with a college education tend to be located in urban areas, which centralizes and thus diminishes their influence.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021

Having one person fill both roles is generally viewed as a poor corporate governance practice because it centralizes power too much.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2020

As he wakes it centralizes, until at last comes the moment when he says, "Me arm aches cruel," and points to it.

From A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold

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

Cuba’s highly centralized legal system will work to the advantage of new leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Broken TV economics have prompted the NBA to begin making plans to build a centralized streaming platform for fans to watch basketball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Still a third type of answer to Yali invokes the supposed importance of lowland river valleys in dry climates, where highly productive agriculture depended on large-scale irrigation systems that in turn required centralized bureaucracies.

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 said in his essay.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

This year, the company has been centralizing its operations, including folding its marketing for entertainment, sports and experiences into a single division that reports to Asad Ayaz, its chief marketing officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

DIS 0.49%increase; green up pointing triangle is centralizing its marketing efforts into a new enterprise marketing and brand organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 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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