How to Use centralize in a Sentence

centralize

verb
Definition of centralizenext
Synonyms for centralizenext
  • The controversial reforms could be used to further centralize power in the hands of one party.
  • All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office.
  • The only way to scale it reasonably in states is to centralize more of the work.
    — Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2020
  • But Ford and Fisher centralize the plot around a zippy mood of flagrant cool.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • And a lot of the decision-making for creative projects doesn’t tend to be centralized.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Xi would do well to note the outcome of Mao’s attempt to centralize power and control.
    — Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Utah has gone the other way and is building its own app that will use GPS as well as Bluetooth and will centralize the data.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 5 June 2020
  • The group marched to Huntington Place to centralize two groups of protesters in the downtown area.
    — Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2024
  • For loose items such as bagels or muffins, the bakery has centralized barcodes hanging on signs.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Lac du Flambeau is a hub, Doud said, and feels centralized to Wisconsin's 11 tribes.
    — Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Revenue from the sponsorship will be centralized across all 30 clubs in MLB.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Another key factor is the U.S. and Canada having the resources to centralize their teams in one place during the four-month lead-up to the Olympics.
    — John Wawrow, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The import and marketing of wheat, like that of other goods in Tunisia, are highly centralized.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The city closed its jail doors last year as part of a larger effort to centralize housing inmates into the county jail.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The White House has long sought to centralize decision-making to overcome...
    — John Lehman, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2020
  • In a great stroke of pragmatism, Signal chose to be centralized anyway.
    — Kai Ye, WIRED, 23 July 2023
  • Flickinger said centralizing some meat packaging is all right, but there still has to be the service at the store, the master meat cutter or butcher.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024
  • Exxon has also looked to centralize traders in London this year to attract and retain talent.
    — Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Like the human immune system, the global one isn't centralized.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
  • This new application will centralize the rent assistance process for the whole state.
    — Karina Andrew, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Manage your memories One of the smartest tech products of 2019 centralizes all your digital photos and videos, and keeps them all in one place.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Her main interests in life centralized around her children and grandchildren, and she was involved in each of their lives.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The president has centralized power in the White House at the expense of cabinet agencies.
    — Bobby Jindal, National Review, 18 Sep. 2019
  • But experts say his assertive style and efforts to centralize control could cost him – and China.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022
  • The plan calls for one of the three prisons to centralize the ADOC’s services for medical and mental health care, older inmates, and inmate intake.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al.com, 28 June 2019
  • Over the past few years, Muñoz spearheaded the effort to centralize all aspects of Music Circus besides the talent at the warehouse.
    — Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 6 July 2018
  • Taylor introduced the ordinance in April this year to centralize efforts in housing the homeless and those in need.
    — Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 1 July 2022
  • Like so many aspects of modern life, what was once centralized and searchable has become dispersed.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
  • There was an email app and a program called Lightrail, which was being built to help the Democratic Party centralize its data.
    — Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
  • If passed, the law would centralize authority over those areas to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
    — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024

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