Examples of commandant in a Sentence
the commandant of a naval district
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If signed into law, the bill would give the Coast Guard commandant greater authority over when the reservists can be called into duty.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Her departure follows earlier dismissals of Admiral Linda Fagan, who had been serving as Coast Guard commandant, and Admiral Lisa Franchetti, previously nominated to lead the Navy.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
One of Trump’s earliest actions was relieving the commandant of the Coast Guard.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
There quickly followed a romance and an engagement between an imperial court official, Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, who held a tsarist monopoly on trade along the Pacific Northwest, and Conchita Arguello, daughter of the San Francisco Presidio’s commandant.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Her departure follows earlier dismissals of Admiral Linda Fagan, who had been serving as Coast Guard commandant, and Admiral Lisa Franchetti, previously nominated to lead the Navy.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
One of Trump’s earliest actions was relieving the commandant of the Coast Guard.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
There quickly followed a romance and an engagement between an imperial court official, Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, who held a tsarist monopoly on trade along the Pacific Northwest, and Conchita Arguello, daughter of the San Francisco Presidio’s commandant.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Commandant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commandant. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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commandant
noun
com·man·dant
ˈkäm-ən-ˌdant 
-ˌdänt
: an officer in command
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