CENTERING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

centering

verb

present participle of center

as in consolidating

to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control centered administrative duties under the command of a single person

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Relevance

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as in focusing

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective the students centered their attention on final exams

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Recent Examples of centering Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and Sandra Hüller also star in the satire centering on Cruise’s titular character having caused a natural disaster. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026 Burger King has taken a similar tactic, centering operators’ earnings so franchisees feel comfortable reinvesting in their restaurants. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Making that move allowed Maurice to keep his other two lines — Sam Bennett centering Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell centering Luostarinen and Sandis Vilmanis — intact. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 But centering a nearly dead Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh) is Kazan’s entire intention with this project, and snagging us with the image of her bloody body crawling toward the Trasks’ farmhouse is a tip of the hand toward where East of Eden is going. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 This adaptation lit up social media early on for centering Cathy. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Re-centering academic excellence Our first responsibility is making sure every student has a solid foundation in reading, writing, math, history and science. — Joe Fleckenstein, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026 Earling gives a voice to the young girl Sacajewea, creating a shattering first-person account of her enslavement, her grief, and her endurance, re-centering her in a brutal history. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026 His priorities, if elected, include making responsible financial decisions, centering community voices and strengthening the college-to-workforce pipeline. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for centering

Verb

Implementing this model is more beneficial to communities than closing or consolidating schools.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Advertising revenue is moving toward digital while pubcasters face tighter government budgets and the streamers themselves are consolidating and retrenching.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of consolidating

Verb

Everyone is focusing more on engagement, return on investment and a forward-looking perspective, rather than simply buying something off the shelf to meet demand for the following weekend.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Market participants this week are focusing primary attention on the release of the Federal Reserve September meeting minutes on Wednesday.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of focusing

Verb

For decades, organizations have focused primarily on managing PFAS—capturing it, concentrating it and transporting it elsewhere for disposal or destruction.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Market actors can innovate more freely, concentrating risk locally while allowing the state to disavow consequences should those experiments fail.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of concentrating

Verb

By then, Meta had begun integrating Manus' team and technology into its own.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The message comes following Tuesday morning’s memo from David Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, which acknowledged that layoffs will be part of the process of integrating the two companies.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of integrating

Verb

By uniting Eastern cultural references, uncompromising craftsmanship, and conscious sustainability, Songmont continues to cultivate a distinct cultural identity and voice on the global stage.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Pardo watched as another adult elephant, likely Matisse’s sister, rumbled from a distance before the family came together, uniting with another series of rumbles, as if saying hello.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of uniting

Verb

His hire comes a week after Deadline revealed Stewart was among those that had exited Banijay Rights in a shakeup that followed Banijay Entertainment merging with All3Media.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
Mass Appeal and Whatnot are merging hip-hop, comics, art, fashion, sports and collectibles at this year’s New York City Comic Con.

— Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of merging

Verb

After combining to win just 60 games over the past three seasons, good health could see the team residing in the nation’s capital crack 40 wins for the first time since 2018.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
The new system takes the concept in a different direction by combining hydrogen production with chemical synthesis.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026