How to Use on command in a Sentence

on command

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• As if on command, the lefty struck out Carter Jensen on three fastballs and then sent Lane Thomas flailing at a changeup for another punchout.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026
• In an era when any software application can generate infinite activity on command, the only leaders who survive will be those who know the difference.
  — David Farbman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
• That spot — which boasted a dusty jackalope head on the wall — stood in the shadow of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge, a 1922 marvel that lifts on command to let ships pass.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
• Leaders who rely heavily on command-and-control approaches, excessive oversight or purely transactional management often struggle to build trust in the decision-making process.
  — Jorge Couto, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• If approved by the FDA and other regulators, COVID-19 cough apps, in which a person records themselves coughing on command, could eventually be used for free, large-scale screening of the population.
  — Megan Scudellari, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2020