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New York Post: Notorious Central Park stretch even more dangerous after redesign, locals say: ‘ Like running the gauntlet’

Notorious Central Park stretch even more dangerous after redesign, locals say: ‘ Like running the gauntlet’

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The meaning of CENTRAL is containing or constituting a center. How to use central in a sentence.

Situated at, in, or near the center: the central states. 2. Forming the center. 3. Having dominant or controlling power or influence: the company's central office. 4. Of basic importance; essential or principal: "Performance, including technological invention and artistic creation, will become central to education at all levels" (Frederick Turner).

Of course, you pay more for premises with a central location (= in or near the center of a town). Some late news has just come in - a bomb has exploded in central London. In many churches the side aisles are separated from the central aisle by a row of arches. The bridge's central support gave way, tipping the coach into the river.

Central things are fundamental and important. Think about the center of a circle: it's right in the middle, equidistant from all sides. Similarly, anything central is in the middle of something. The central part of a city is downtown. You can also say something central is an important, crucial part of something.