JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Left</th>
            <th>Center</th>
            <th>Right</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><span>AB</span></td>
            <td><span>SomeVeryBigTextThatDoesNotFit</span></td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

CSS

table, td{
    border:1px solid black;
}

table{
    width:500px;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    table-layout:fixed;
}

td{
    text-align:center;
    color:red;
}

td span{
    margin-left:-50%;
    margin-right:-50%;    
}