centralize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to draw to or gather about a center.
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to bring under one control, especially in government.
to centralize budgeting in one agency.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to draw or move (something) to or towards a centre
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to bring or come under central control, esp governmental control
Other Word Forms
- centralization noun
- centralizer noun
- overcentralize verb
- recentralize verb
Etymology
Origin of centralize
Example Sentences
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It’s unclear whether Paramount would sell the historic Melrose Avenue lot or simply centralize the sprawling operations onto the Warner Bros. and Paramount lots in Burbank and Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
The companies’ highly compensated workforces are heavily slashed, and their operations are typically transferred to Milan in order to centralize the Bending Spoons family.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
Andy Sriubas, the Social Security Administration’s chief of field operations, told Social Security employees in a Nov. 25 memo that changes would be made to centralize the workload.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Palantir sells software to centralize, manage and analyze large quantities of data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Sure enough, conflict between them broke open at the end of January, when Lawrence appeared in Chicago with a proposal to centralize all the plutonium and isotope work, including the atomic pile, at Berkeley.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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