- present participle of center.
centering
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of centering
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City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centering around claims they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent financial regulations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Her manager told her that people would probably be more interested in her memoir before a series centering on magic and dragons, so she started writing her own story two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“My job is to always be centering folks in the work.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Greenwich, Conn.-based L Catterton sees Hyrox as “uniquely well positioned” in creating a global movement centering on fitness, said managing director Shena Willis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
And then, rather than centering their agriculture on annual crops, they focused on the Amazon’s wildly diverse assortment of trees.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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