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center

/ˈsɛn.tɚ/ adjective C2
  1. Of, at, or related to a center. (US)
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The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact center of the cyclone.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 3 · B2
Baloo went down to the tank for a drink and Bagheera began to put his fur in order, as Kaa glided out into the center of the terrace and brought his jaws together with a ringing snap that drew all the monkeys’ eyes upon him.
The Jungle Book, p. 60 · B2
And then the girls were around them and Anne was the center of a laughing, congratulating group.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 304 · C1
The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him carefully, and return to his place on noiseless feet.
The Jungle Book, p. 8 · B2

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