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centralized
[sen-truh-lahyzd]
adjective
controlled from one place.
The individual police departments will transition to the centralized dispatch system beginning in October.
After years of opting for top-down regulatory approaches, the new administration has decided to move toward a less centralized form of government oversight.
existing in one place, or being the center point of a network: The system allows users to record subscriber complaints in a single database, creating a centralized source of information to assist us in pinpointing systematic delivery problems.
Each computer has a twisted-pair cable that runs to a centralized hub.
The system allows users to record subscriber complaints in a single database, creating a centralized source of information to assist us in pinpointing systematic delivery problems.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of centralize.
Other Word Forms
- uncentralized adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of centralized1
Example Sentences
At the start of September, JFrog released its AI Catalog, which it describes as a “centralized hub for all AI models and initiatives.”
Call volume soared in recent years as dozens of states legalized sports betting and the industry centralized its problem gambling efforts to one point of contact.
The EU and U.K. lack such centralized oversight, leaving enforcement to individual EU member states.
The reduced ranks in the party elite reflect how Xi has centralized control and emerged as China’s most dominant leader since Mao Zedong.
But right now, he added, “it feels like we work for Russ Vought. He has centralized decision-making power to an extent that he is the commander in chief.”
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