centro-

1. variant of centri-.

   centrosphere.

centro-

combining form

1. denoting a centre

   centroclinal

   centromere

   centrosome

   centrosphere

   centrist

Word History and Origins

Origin of centro-¹

from Greek kentron _centre

Example Sentences

As sector chief in El Centro, which covers roughly the eastern half of California, he released highly produced promotional videos that portrayed Border Patrol agents in action-style movies, often set to heavy metal music.

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His most vivid memory was the time a guard in El Centro gave him extra food because he thought my dad was a bit too skinny.

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Michele Beckwith, a career prosecutor who was made the acting U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California earlier this year, told the New York Times that she was let go after she warned Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector, that a court injunction blocked him from carrying out indiscriminate immigration raids in Sacramento.

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The judge ordered the Border Patrol, led by El Centro Sector Chief Gregory Bovino, to stop the raids in California’s Eastern District, which covers much of the state’s Central Valley, including Sacramento.

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An Intersect donation to the nonprofit Centro la Familia Advocacy Services was used to give away 250 high-efficiency window air-conditioning units to households close to the Darden site this summer.

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