How to Use commission in a Sentence

commission

1 of 2 noun

• She gets a commission for each car she sells.
• The salespeople in that store all work on commission.
• She served on the city's water commission.
• Both states set up commissions to examine their public schools.
• The truth was that the commission was a front for the wealthy.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• The rest of the commission did not take up the matter at the time.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2022
• The two Democrats on the commission voted against the plan.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
• Her need to make the sale or earn a commission was not even on her radar.
  — Ashley Libby Diaz, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• But the two parties still diverge sharply on the scope of the commission.
  — Andrew Solender, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
• The city hosted a retreat for the commission last month.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
• The three-person commission would then award the bid to the end user.
  — al, 13 Apr. 2021
• Still, the law does not appear to be on the commission’s side.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2020
• Was the scale of this commission quite unusual for you?
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
• With the new law, though, the film commission sees more demand for crews.
  — David S. Cohen, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
• Biden’s nominee to fill the fifth seat on the commission.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2022
• And sometimes that means giving up a chance to earn a commission.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 18 Sep. 2019
• That commission would have had to finish its work last year.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2022
• The surface lot has only been out of commission for weeks.
  — Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
• Both are expected to be out of commission for about a year.
  — Priscella Vega, Daily Pilot, 28 Aug. 2019
• The fish commission has worked closely with coastal center for more than a decade.
  — Special To The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 July 2020
• The project came out of a commission for an Earth Day event more than a decade ago.
  — Grace Ann Natanawan, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2022
• But the two Gary residents who serve on the commission were split.
  — Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 12 July 2018
• Does the destroyer lose a radar tower that puts it out of commission for a few days?
  — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020
• The cemetery is among about two dozen managed by the town and its cemetery commission.
  — Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• The average headache won’t put you out of commission for hours on end.
  — Carly Vandergriendt, SELF, 19 May 2022
• Italy did make some minor changes to its budget in its response to the commission.
  — Colleen Barry, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
• Queue up something to watch beforehand as your hands will be out of commission while in the gloves.
  — Glamour, 7 Mar. 2019
• Duke must now submit a plan to the commission for how rates will be impacted.
  — Deon Roberts, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2018
• Kinner also faces a charge of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 5 July 2018
• One of its two taco trucks is out of commission because there isn’t anyone to run it.
  — Stuart Condie, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2023

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commission

2 of 2 verb

• The king commissioned the artist to paint his portrait.
• A portrait of the queen was commissioned.
• She was commissioned in the Navy as a captain.
• The magazine commissioned a story about the world's best beaches.
• The report on poverty was commissioned by the governor.
• The ship was commissioned in 2004.
• All feel as if they were designed to please the company that commissioned them.
  — David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
• And sometimes the streamers will commission, fully cash-flow and be the bank.
  — Angus Finney, Variety, 27 Oct. 2021
• Congress last year chose to commission a study of the issue rather than greenlight the reform.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
• That way the museum could commission a replica of the vessel.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Dom Manuel was the first monarch to commission a set of china from China.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022
• And yet, for maybe the first time since that day, the question of who commissioned her killing no longer appears so inscrutable.
  — Alexander Clapp, 1843, 11 Dec. 2019
• Then, there’s the work commissioned at an actors request.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• The Avenue Concept and town will commission a new artist each year to paint the mural over.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Carla Youngblood commissioned five artists to create work for the event.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 26 Aug. 2023
• The newer works — all commissioned by the group — updated vintage tropes and styles.
  — Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
• Learn how to commission an artist to create something just for you, or build a print collection.
  — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2021
• Boetti would commission Afghan weavers to make the works, which would often takes years to complete.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
• The council would like to commission local artists to paint murals directly onto the steps.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
• Asante artists commissioned by the museum will use the scans to create replicas to display.
  — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• The first test sought to stabilize the track before checking its signals and commissioning work.
  — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2017
• So a few years ago, the city commissioned the mural to represent various aspects of the city.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018
• Sky Kids and Peacock have teamed to co-commission a pair of new kids programs.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2021
• Wealthy merchants and nobles began to commission more and more portraits.
  — Clive Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
• The council commissioned a task force to study the issue and recommend county action, which led to the current bill.
  — Kate Magill, Columbia Flier, 2 May 2018
• Maybe Don Hilario can commission a full-pager from the hereafter to fund our good work?
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
• Pets are part of the family too, so why not have a portrait commissioned for your precious pup or cuddly cat?
  — Julia Sayers, AL.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• The bracelet wasn't a new piece Fergie had commissioned for the ceremony, mind you.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 18 Oct. 2018
• Four of the five works feature music by female composers, much of it newly commissioned.
  — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• McBride said officials hope to commission new tribal artwork for the park.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 July 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024