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centering

[sen-ter-ing]

noun

  1. a temporary framework for supporting a masonry arch during construction until it is able to stand by itself.



centering

/ ˈɛԳəɪŋ /

noun

  1. a US spelling of centring

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of centering1

First recorded in 1760–70; center + -ing 1
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Sunday, June 1, marks the premiere of “Duck Dynasty: The Revival,” centering Duck Commander CEO Willie Robertson as the patriarch in a “guided reality” series about his family's hunting gear empire.

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One late-season episode gratifyingly breaks the mold, centering on an overly eager elementary school apple-polisher who . . . well, let’s not spoil it.

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This centering of female perspectives is exactly what the stereotypical resident of the so-called “manosphere” is reacting to today.

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His reactionary brand of “America First” nationalism entailed stoking populist skepticism of technological progress, and centering American interests ahead of what he called the emerging “globalist technocracy.”

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To have both parties centering themselves so firmly in this dispute doesn't achieve what either seems to want — to look like the good guy here, the one who is telling the truth.

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