How to Use central in a Sentence

central

1 of 2 adjective
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  • The house has four rooms and a central chimney.
  • The evidence was central to the defense's case.
  • The country's schools are financed by both local and central governments.
  • City planners are looking for a central location for the new hospital.
  • The central authority of the company's board is being challenged.
  • And so the question of point of view was both central and permanent.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The visits promise to be central to the EU probe, announced in September and set to run for 13 months.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Here's a recap of what central bankers have said ahead of the Fed's Dec. 12-13 policy meeting.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The mouse was central to the computer’s populist future, which wasn’t yet assured at the time.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The property is equipped with a heating system and central A/C.
    — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Had the group gone up a staircase on the periphery of the building and not the central one, Trieschmann likely would have seen only a thick cloud of smoke.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • The lower deck offers more glitzy amenities still, with the beach club offering a panoramic Jacuzzi, a central lounge, and a gym.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Here’s the central challenge of making a better vaccine.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • It’s overlooked by the upper deck balcony, which has views onto a central pool and lounging sunpads that span the full width of the yacht’s 48-foot beam.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Among the most central facts was that the Crumbleys bought their son the handgun as a Christmas present and later took him to target practice.
    — Thaddeus Hoffmeister, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The hurricane center said an area of low pressure could form in the central or western Gulf by the beginning of next week.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Growing up in central Texas, both felt pressure to play high school football even though baseball was their sport.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The second cold front will be much more potent and usher in the season’s first push of truly autumn air for the central and eastern US.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Northern Arkansas could see up to 3 inches, while central and eastern parts of the state are forecast to see around an inch of rain.
    — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The central question for us was did Philby outwit Elliott?
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • In central Alabama, the greatest risk Wednesday will be from damaging winds up to 60 mph and hail of up to 2 inches.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 14 June 2023
  • The central part of the state, including Birmingham, will see storms start around 2 p.m. before leaving around 5 p.m.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 25 June 2023
  • Staged in the second-floor gallery, the enigmatic show overlooks the museum’s central courtyard, light flooding the ringed room.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The acorns produced by the oaks are an important food source for tribes throughout central and southern Arizona.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Connecticut State Police That timeline became central to the State's case — not only for what was in it, but for what wasn't.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • So potent is fame that its effects can linger even in the physical absence of its central subject.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The central zone of the apartment is occupied with each of the couple's preoccupations.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 6 June 2023
  • Read full article Search had been a central figure in the documentary scene in Britain and beyond for years.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Apartment in Zhengzhou, in China’s central Henan province.
    — WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Storms may be flaring up across central and eastern Texas during the afternoon.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
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central

2 of 2 noun
  • Our family room becomes kid central on weekends.
  • Most models put the strong winds in the central to southern part of the Willamette Valley.
    — oregonlive, 27 May 2022
  • There’s still a game to be played Wednesday at noon central.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The Pact was the fruit of his own, his central—his necessary—passion.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
  • Far from a sleepy town, Mykonos is Greece’s party central.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 16 July 2019
  • But the comedy world, that was just straight-boy central.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The 7th District spans parts of north-central and northwest Hartford.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Over at Hell and High Water central, this news has not been received well.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
  • The enchanting city of Munich is grand central for the country's largest state.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022
  • And Madras, a tiny town in Oregon’s high desert region, will be solar eclipse central.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Montrose and North Avenue is party central so there will be beer cans.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Introducing her film for the first time, Caro invoked the famed warrior central to the story.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
  • By purchasing the loans, the central would create an incentive for the banks to engage in more lending.
    — CBS News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The German legend has been key to Chicago's central midfield since joining the club last season.
    — Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The Jersey Shore city, in the central to southern part of the state, is also home to multiple massive yeshivas that attract young men from around the world.
    — Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Areas north of the front — which is expected to be north-central and north Alabama — will be more stable.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Temperatures by Friday morning will fall into the 30s in north, central and parts of south Alabama and the 40s near the coast.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The quake hit central Sulawesi and a tsunami warning was issued.
    — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • The album was a proof of concept, an exploration of the kind of empowerment central to Tate’s music.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The iPhone continues to be a major revenue driver and central to its ecosystem of products.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
  • When asked why Chicago was the most logical city for a third location, Burt cited the artistic culture central to the city.
    — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 3 July 2017
  • This statement-cum-question homed in on the two central, and in some senses competing, charges that are being levied at the prime minister.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The forecast calls for 2 to 5 inches of snow and ice accumulation of one-tenth to three-tenths of an inch across the central to southwestern areas of the southern state.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The heatwave has also reached central and northern India.
    — Sophia Saifi and Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 May 2018
  • Biden made Trump’s management of the pandemic central to his campaign.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2020
  • But the legend of Pickett’s brave Virginians marching heroically to their doom has become more entrenched with time—one central to the Lost Cause view of the war.
    — John Reeves, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
  • At night, the resort's Casino Arizona is gambling central.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, azcentral, 15 May 2018
  • There is something of a paradox here, one central to the archive’s project: decay is both a problem to be managed and a necessary feature.
    — Sophie Haigney, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The world outside Carnival central seems to tilt toward the city, and everyone on the fringe pours into every nook and cranny to join the season's simmer.
    — The Masked Observer, AL.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Four crucifixions side by side on one wall offer a stunning array of varied takes on a single theme central to the faith.
    — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017

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