centralized

verb

past tense of centralize
as in consolidated
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control the company decided to centralize all of its operations at its Ohio plant

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Recent Examples of centralized But they’re endowed with a fundamentally different intelligence, one shaped by a separate evolutionary path and defined by a nervous system that’s distributed throughout their bodies rather than centralized like that of the brains of most animals. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026 Only 14% of enterprise leaders have centralized content management in place. — Benjamin Faes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The versatile dock eliminates the clutter from the wall outlet and keeps everything centralized. — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026 To support the industry, the Garment Center Capitol Association centralized at two now-iconic addresses. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 June 2026 Direct bus service from the Westside to SoFi Stadium is centralized around the downtown Santa Monica World Cup service station. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 There would be a 50/50 split in revenue between the league and players, and all local media revenues would be centralized. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026 That model was built around an assumption that security data needed to be centralized in one location for analysis. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026 Anjali Shaikh, managing director and leader of Deloitte’s global CIO program, tells Fortune that all these C-suite leaders should control different elements of the enterprise technology agenda, but that coordination should be centralized. — John Kell, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for centralized
  1. consolidated
  2. concentrated
  3. integrated
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  • Last year, Planned Parenthood of Michigan closed its Marquette, Petoskey and Jackson health centers and consolidated its two Ann Arbor locations.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Marcus's biggest client consolidated its supply chain and walked.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of consolidated
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  • This was a 10% increase compared to 2024, with much of that growth concentrated in East and West Africa.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The findings suggest the problem is not a rare glitch, but a persistent pattern concentrated in a small slice of a catalog.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of concentrated
Verb
  • That means coach Luis Enrique may not have his strongest XI fully sharp or fully integrated.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, for instance, Apple integrated iPhone 17 Pro devices as cameras during MLB broadcasts.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of integrated

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