as in to hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
I commend my fate into your hands
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Recent Examples of commend
So yes, Marinakis must clearly be commended for spending big and showing ambition on and off the field, with plans to expand the City Ground to more than 50,000 seats, having already revamped the training ground.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The Anti-Defamation League, which had commended Twitch for suspending Beyer, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Huang’s decision to accept Beyer’s donation.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Lahl also commended the Plaza’s management, which took over the 15-block district in 2024, for helping the change to happen and aiming to revitalize the area.
—Dylan Lysen
may 1, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Lilly and Novo commended the FDA's confirmation that there is no clinical need to compound these drugs.
—Mariam Sunny, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The Anti-Defamation League, which had commended Twitch for suspending Beyer, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Huang’s decision to accept Beyer’s donation.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Lahl also commended the Plaza’s management, which took over the 15-block district in 2024, for helping the change to happen and aiming to revitalize the area.
—Dylan Lysen
may 1, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Lilly and Novo commended the FDA's confirmation that there is no clinical need to compound these drugs.
—Mariam Sunny, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commend
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Limon won his Super Tiebreaker to hand the Scots the sweep.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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But Ottawa was whistled for consecutive penalties in the final minute of the frame to hand Boston a chance to answer.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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Storrie was spotted leaving the Carlyle Hotel with a trail of fabric wrapped around his neck, blowing in the wind.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
5 May 2026
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The Knicks didn’t leave that first-round fire in Atlanta.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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The casting has always managed to feel diverse, but in a guileless, incidental way, giving the appearance of multicultural inclusion without espousing any explicitly progressive viewpoints.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Inning-ending calls have been overturned, giving hitters another opportunity that, in some cases, has led to game-changing home runs.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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That is not too much to ask of students, our teachers, or the institutions entrusted with launching us into our careers as physicians, researchers, and healers.—
Uzma Rentia,
STAT,
27 Apr. 2026
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Success, instead, should be measured by whether a threat that unfolds is mitigated by the planning and the response of those who are entrusted to secure the scene.—
Juliette Kayyem,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Most manufacturers—including yours—recommend annual oil changes even if the oil life indicator still shows adequate remaining life.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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According to the report, auditors recommended the IFA appoint a chief internal auditor independent of other state agencies and establish a full-time internal audit program at the IFA.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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The family and foundation of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi say the human rights activist has been denied proper treatment and has not gotten better since being transferred from prison to a hospital.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Over the coming two decades, baby boomers and older generations are projected to transfer around $84 trillion to younger heirs and charitable causes by 2045.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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That is why the key question is no longer which jobs disappear, but which tasks and workflows are being delegated—and where humans still retain a comparative advantage.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which is in charge of delegating federal funds for autism research, is now stacked with individuals who hold this view.—
David Rivera,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The truck was en route to deliver bread to the airport when it was grazed by the plane.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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At the building’s peak, five-foot-tall concrete letters spell out a hundred and three words of a speech delivered by Obama in Selma, Alabama, in 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and other civil-rights activists were beaten at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Commend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commend. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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