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centred

British  
/ ˈsɛntəd /

adjective

  1. mentally and emotionally confident, focused, and well-balanced

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centred around claims that they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent football's financial rules.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

There then followed further allegations of misreporting financial information centred on documents that claimed to show secret 'off-the-books' payments to then manager Roberto Mancini via consultancy fees from a club in Abu Dhabi.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

For most areas, this represents a 5km square centred on your postcode.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

That dispute centred on how much money the UK would pay to join.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It was understandable that Wagner might want to speculate about the art world of the future, one that would encompass within it all the arts, centred on human dramas of love, death and destiny.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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