Centralia
Americannoun
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a city in central Illinois.
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a town in SW Washington.
Example Sentences
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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 ● Jan. 14, 2026
Power from the Centralia coal plant feeds the west-coast electrical grid in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
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 ● Dec. 17, 2025
Hurley had left Centralia and moved to Juneau in the 1980s.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
It was a quote from a mine fire authority observing that if the rate of burning held steady, there was enough coal under Centralia to burn for a thousand years.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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