dead center

idiom

: in the exact center
She hung the picture dead center on the wall.

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As Trump negotiates with China and other top trading partners, Huang’s business sits dead center at the intersection of potentially costly United States tariffs, a boom in artificial intelligence – and the computer chips that power it. Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 12 July 2025 The ball traveled 427 feet into dead center, leaving his bat at 106 mph, and the crowd erupted. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025 After fouling off a 2-2 fastball to stay alive, Buxton got all of a slider off the outside edge, hammering it off the stairs of the second deck in dead center field. Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 June 2025 In the bottom of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to dead center field. Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dead center

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“Dead center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20center. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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