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Recent Examples of centrality
The United States urgently needs to reach a bipartisan consensus on the centrality of hard power to U.S. foreign policy.
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Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
And that just hints at the centrality of why music for Black people everywhere is so central in that identity and exposure and communicating with the world.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
With the centrality of Ellen comes the centrality of her ailment: the film makes frequent and flashy displays of her body-racking fits, which Depp invests with ferocious, wrenching physicality.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
As an evangelical Christian tradition, Pentecostalism emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ and the centrality of scripture.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
And that just hints at the centrality of why music for Black people everywhere is so central in that identity and exposure and communicating with the world.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
With the centrality of Ellen comes the centrality of her ailment: the film makes frequent and flashy displays of her body-racking fits, which Depp invests with ferocious, wrenching physicality.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
As an evangelical Christian tradition, Pentecostalism emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ and the centrality of scripture.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for centrality
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Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.—
Lisa Fitzpatrick,
Forbes,
30 Sep. 2024
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Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
3 Sep. 2023
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When the strikes made everything pretty quiet, Tango had built a reputation for having good taste, for being a good partner, and for liking risk.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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Ankalaev has lost just once – a last-second submission to Scotland's Paul Craig on his UFC debut – and has built a reputation as a tough, tricky, dangerous contender with knockout power on his feet, and a strong top game on the mat.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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That included assisting with investigating human smuggling, overseeing contracts, managing detention dockets, and physically escorting or supporting the transportation and removals of people in the U.S. without legal status.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Texas Department of State Health Services updated its website with the new numbers Tuesday afternoon and said the majority of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or those whose vaccination status is unknown, with 80 unvaccinated and 74 of unknown status.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Awards prestige does not necessarily translate to box office dollars these days, as many people would rather sit at home and stream a movie—or, more likely, a TV show—from their couch.—
Chris Dobstaff,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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La Prairie, the prestige skin care brand’s sales significantly slowed in 2024, declining 6.2 percent to 509 million euros.—
Jennifer Weil,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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That power is vested in prosecutors as executive branch officials.—
Michael Rothfeld,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Her lung power seems surprisingly undiminished, and the same goes for her sense of pitch.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Yes, but: Not long afterward, senators passed legislation upping the maximum potency of low-THC oil available through Georgia's medical marijuana program.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
7 Mar. 2025
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As such, selling on these channels—or multiple of these channels for maximum potency—is the most fruitful and cost-effective way to reach Gen Z in one fell swoop.—
Roy Avidor,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ice Spice’s varsity jacket featured the label’s name in block letters across the chest, as well as padded shoulders.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
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When experts in your field recognize your name, their followers notice you too.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Royals would like him to get on base more often in order to have runners in scoring position for the top of the order.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2025
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He might be gone by the time the Panthers pick at No. 8 in the first round, or Carolina might prioritize another position with that selection.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Centrality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/centrality. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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