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The continuity of subject and species across the two projects speaks to the centrality of birds in American iconography—the Bald Eagle, for example, or the 50 state birds—which predates but was perpetuated by Audubon’s work.—
Cat Dawson,
ARTnews.com,
3 July 2026 According to him, today, one out of every three room bookings within the ALL Accor portfolio is made by a loyalty member, a clear indicator of the program’s growing centrality in how guests choose where to stay.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026 The face’s centrality to social life is inscribed in our language, in the metaphors that betray our world view.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026 Lance Armstrong did win seven in a row from 1999 to 2005, but the American was later stripped of those titles in 2012 after admitting his centrality in a systematic doping programme.—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for centrality