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- noun Plural form of
centre . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
centre .
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Examples
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Getting to recycle them and raise money to help open youth cancer centres is even better.
You Can Recycle Your Phones For CanTeen | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Getting something done via the call centres is like wading through treacle wearing flippers and ball and chain.
The Revolving Door System. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The main centres for trading are Sydney, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt and New York.
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Getting to recycle them and raise money to help open youth cancer centres is even better.
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A spokesperson for thetrainline. com said: "While we provide the retail and ticket fulfilment technology for the First Great Western website, we do not manage their customer services eg call centres, which is why in this particular case we, as thetrainline. com, were not able to notify Mr Cartwright about the late cancellation."
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It had a "hormone-secreting brain centres" (see Modern brains have an ancient core)
Continuation… 2008
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In this week's issue of the journal Cell they report that hormone-secreting brain centres are much older than expected and likely evolved from multifunctional cells of the last common ancestor of vertebrates, flies and worms. (emphasis added)
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In humans, and all other vertebrates, the chemical signals are produced by specialised brain centres such as the hypothalamus and secreted into the blood stream that distributes them around the body.
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Children were less likely to be worried or upset in centres that were spacious and well-maintained.
Study: Daycare Kids More Prone to Bad Behavior | Impact Lab 2007
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Over time these autonomous cells might have clustered together and specialised forming complex brain centres like the vertebrate hypothalamus.
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