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as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
President Jefferson's commission to Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory
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as in execution
the doing of an action
a single burglar was responsible for the commission of all the break-ins
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as in committee
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter
reported to a UN commission on the AIDS crisis
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as in appointment
the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty
her commission as head of the investigation
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as in to enable
to give official or legal power to
was commissioned lieutenant
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as in to nominate
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs
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Recent Examples of commission
Sophie Mitra, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick will chair the commission, with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson serving as vice chair.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025
The piece was commissioned in 2021 by the Cambridgeshire Royal Portrait Fund, which is held by the Cambridge Community Foundation, as a gift to Cambridgeshire.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Noun
In 2008, the French government asked two Nobel Prize winners, Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, as well as the late economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, to put together an international commission of experts to come up with new ways to measure economic performance and progress.
—Sophie Mitra, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick will chair the commission, with former HUD Secretary Ben Carson serving as vice chair.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Verb
Originally commissioned for the family of Rolls-Royce co-founder Charles Rolls, the Edwardian villa in London's leafy Putney district offers over 5,000 square feet of living space and a gated driveway.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025
The piece was commissioned in 2021 by the Cambridgeshire Royal Portrait Fund, which is held by the Cambridge Community Foundation, as a gift to Cambridgeshire.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commission
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Managers are juggling the dual burden of pressure from superiors and the well-being of their teams amid return-to-office mandates, massive layoffs, tariff threats and economic uncertainty.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Other cases involve mandates to display the Ten Commandments in Louisiana classrooms and to place Bibles in Oklahoma schools.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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While a streamlined approach to the extraction shooter genre from the studio behind Halo and Destiny sounds like a recipe for casual and hardcore gamer gold, the execution leaves all the hype behind.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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Hutchinson's legal team has sought to stop the execution, pointing to trauma suffered during the former Army Ranger's service as a mitigating factor.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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If this law survives, future Florida ballot initiatives will be the exclusive province of wealthy special interests with teams of lawyers and compliance experts paid by deep-pocket political committees.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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However, some key Democrats voted in favor of Isaacman, including the ranking member of the committee, Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. Approval was contingent on support for Artemis ...—
Daniel Larlham,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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Be ready to ask questions: Your appointment is an appropriate time to ask any questions about your health, symptom triggers, treatments, and more.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
10 May 2025
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In 2023, Beijing installed another bishop to lead the Diocese of Shanghai without consulting the Vatican, though Francis later recognized the appointment.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Chen, who was appointed to the bench by Democratic President Obama, found the government hadn’t shown any harm caused by keeping the program alive.—
Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Jepson spent over a decade in Liverpool’s coaching set-up and was appointed head coach in 2018.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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On the farm, poor sanitation enabled cows and dairy workers to introduce tuberculosis, typhoid, and other pathogens into milk.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Apple’s AirPlay feature enables iPhones and Macbooks to seamlessly play music or show photos and videos on other Apple devices or third-party speakers and TVs that integrate the protocol.—
Lily Hay Newman,
Wired News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Each panel is tasked with reviewing and scoring multiple proposals.—
Brady Thomas West,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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The cardinals are tasked with voting for one of their colleagues to take over the role of pontiff.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Hanna was also nominated for president, but since Rodriguez had already received four votes.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Previous Tony winner Gabriel Ebert, who starred with Harvey Fierstein in his gay May-December romance play Gently Down the Stream, was also nominated.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
1 May 2025
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“Commission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commission. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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