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center

/ˈsɛn.tɚ/ adjective C2
  1. Of, at, or related to a center. (US)
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There was a ruined summer-house of white marble in the center of the terrace, built for queens dead a hundred years ago.
The Jungle Book, p. 51 · B2
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
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
At last--and Mother Wolf’s neck bristles lifted as the time came--Father Wolf pushed “Mowgli the Frog,” as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in the moonlight.
The Jungle Book, p. 8 · B2

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