Centralia

American  

[sen-treyl-yuh, -trey-lee-uh] / sɛnˈtreɪl yə, -ˈtreɪ li ə /

noun

1. a city in central Illinois.

2. a town in SW Washington.

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Example Sentences

In Centralia, Mo., Holly Bellis sold her $185,000 home, which she purchased in 2020 with a mortgage rate of 2.5%, and bought a newly built property for $375,000 at a rate of 5.375%.

From MarketWatch

Department of Energy mandating that unit 2 of its Centralia electricity-generating facility remain available for operation until March 16.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unit 1 of the Centralia facility was retired at the end of 2020, and TransAlta had planned to close the second unit at the end of this year as part of its shift to cleaner sources of electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Power from the Centralia coal plant feeds the west-coast electrical grid in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Washington legislation in 2011 required TransAlta to shut down the coal-fired boilers at Centralia in two phases.

From The Wall Street Journal