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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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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

There are about 30,000 hearings in England, Scotland and Wales each year, centring around issues such as unfair dismissal, discrimination or redundancy payments.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024

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

There have been weekly mass protests centring on Tel Aviv, with tens of thousands of people demonstrating against the reforms.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

He tried to destroy the remains of the old Holy Roman Empire, intending to replace it by a new one centring upon Paris.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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