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
Last summer, the chief of police in nearby Centralia begged Gov. Jay Inslee to have the attorney general’s office investigate Green Hill, which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Children, Youth and Families.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
At Minersville, I turned onto a back highway and headed through a landscape of overgrown mine tailings and rusting machinery towards Centralia, the strangest, saddest town I believe I have ever seen.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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