as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese
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Recent Examples of commissary
Prep work gets done at Gourmet Garage, a commissary kitchen in Loomis.
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
Protesters had commissary privileges revoked, were placed in solitary confinement and faced disciplinary write-ups, the complaint alleges.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
These are just a few of the findings from a nine-month investigation of prison commissaries.
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
People in prison rely on the institutions' commissaries for necessities, but the prices are surging.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2024
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
Protesters had commissary privileges revoked, were placed in solitary confinement and faced disciplinary write-ups, the complaint alleges.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
These are just a few of the findings from a nine-month investigation of prison commissaries.
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
People in prison rely on the institutions' commissaries for necessities, but the prices are surging.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissary
Noun
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Also in the power hallway is Beau Harrison, deputy chief of staff for operations.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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During that period, his brother was hired into what appears to have been his first federal job—deputy director of the Office of Secretarial Boards and Councils at the Department of Energy.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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In August 1774, delegates to the First Virginia Convention reached out to Rind, asking her to publish a radical pamphlet authored by Jefferson about the rights of the Colonies.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Other companies in the AV trucking space sent delegates, including Fernride, HubPilot, ISEE, Plus, Outrider, Stack, and Waabi.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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This year, the party has spent nearly $152,000 backing a slate of Calumet City candidates led by Mayor Thaddeus Jones, who also is a state representative.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Jay Wheeler, on the other hand, delivered an entire album that’s representative of his new era both professionally and personally.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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Challenges & Considerations Adopting AI agents for data solutions comes with important challenges that businesses must address: Security Risks: Granting AI agents broad access to data systems introduces new security vulnerabilities.—
Suri Nuthalapati,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The past few weeks have felt like a Cold War thriller in which an enemy agent somehow infiltrates the top of the United States government.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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People in England — players, managers, fans, media —need to be less sniffy about the under-21s.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Customize Compensation Plans For Cultural Values HR managers must balance global consistency with local relevance.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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If the owner decides to fire the attorney for having met their ethical obligation to raise such concerns, the attorney is equally bound to keep the reasons for their termination confidential (except in certain exceptional circumstances).—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Immigration agents detained Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who teaches at Georgetown and has a visa, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, his attorney has said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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He was appointed deputy governor of the Bank of Canada — which oversees the country's monetary policy — in 2003, and the following year became a senior associate deputy minister of finance.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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Canada’s energy minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, warned last week that energy prices will rise in the U.S. if the tariffs on energy imports go into full effect.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Commissary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissary. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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