Example Sentences

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"In the end we are a centralist state," he explains.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

“We’ve had to travel to this aggressive city, this centralist city, and we say, the Andes have descended.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

“Are not both absolutist, centralist, totalitarian, in short, enemies of human freedom?”

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021

“I am a centralist Republican conservative,” she says.

From Time • Mar. 29, 2013

The constitution of 1848 was the work of a combination of centralist elements which acquired the general designation of Radicals.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin