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centring

British  
/ ˈsɛntrɪŋ /

noun

  1. a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction

"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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Tesla's automated options for car-buyers range from Autopilot, which has features such as automatic lane centring, to a more advanced software it launched in 2020 as Full Self Driving or FSD.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

She was an actress who starred in Byker Grove - a coming of age drama centring on a Newcastle youth centre which ran from 1989-2006.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2025

Ovechkin went to the net where he neatly deflected a hard centring pass from Max Pacioretty into the top corner.

From Seattle Times Mar. 18, 2024

He has announced a sequel to the film and other horror films centring on beloved children characters such as Bambi and Peter Pan.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2024

He chooses a distinct character, Peter Ronsard, a poet, to tell the story, and adopts a totally different point of view, centring all in the speaker’s justification of the woman who threw the glove.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

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