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dead center

[ded sen-ter] / ˈdɛd ˈsɛn tər /




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The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

In the bottom of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to dead center field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2025

"RoboCop" endures and we are still talking about it almost four decades later because of the social and political issues it confronted, right there, dead center in the film.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

Julio Rodriguez ended Williams’ run of scoreless innings and his personal home run drought, crushing a sinker over the wall in dead center for this third homer of the year.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

An unabashed king-size bed made up with a flowered bedspread stands in the dead center of the room.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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