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the commandant of a naval district
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Fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the head of the Transportation Security Administration and the commandant of the Coast Guard.
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Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
General Eric Smith, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has said that the Marine Littoral Regiment, which can provide a flexible and rapid response, is designed as a counter to China's aggression and to protect Washington's treaty allies: Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Right there, in a building that once served as the SS commandant’s headquarters, is a functioning church, with large crosses in front and atop the building.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Eventually, the novel grows to encompass a network of victims and perpetrators: Polish aristocrats, other prisoners in the women’s barracks, the famed writer Tadeusz Borowski, and the camp commandant Rudolf Höss, along with his wife, Hedwig.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
General Eric Smith, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has said that the Marine Littoral Regiment, which can provide a flexible and rapid response, is designed as a counter to China's aggression and to protect Washington's treaty allies: Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Right there, in a building that once served as the SS commandant’s headquarters, is a functioning church, with large crosses in front and atop the building.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Eventually, the novel grows to encompass a network of victims and perpetrators: Polish aristocrats, other prisoners in the women’s barracks, the famed writer Tadeusz Borowski, and the camp commandant Rudolf Höss, along with his wife, Hedwig.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Commandant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commandant. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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commandant
noun
com·man·dant
ˈkäm-ən-ˌdant 
-ˌdänt
: an officer in command
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