as in representatives
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 commissaries
What started as a small orchard grew into Crown Orchard Company, a thriving wholesale business that now supplies fruit to grocery stores and military commissaries across the East Coast.
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Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissaries
Noun
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The state media and government representatives push militarism and self-sacrifice; school curricula endlessly celebrate Russian war victories; theaters obediently stage works of communist-era patriotic authors; and cities display army recruitment banners and hero worship posters.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek has contacted media representatives for Chappelle and the Saudi Arabian government via email for comment.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Clark and Kjolsrud were found with gunshot wounds just off State Route 87 near Mount Ord, north of Sunflower, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, whose deputies found the bodies on May 27.—
Julie Mendes,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sheriff's office deputies and the Washington State Patrol bomb squad were called in to assist.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Play Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at the UN General Assembly got off to a fraught start as dozens of delegates walked out upon his arrival.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Israel’s top diplomat at the United Nations dismissed delegates who walked out before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address and blasted the international body for holding key Middle East talks during a Jewish holiday, leaving Jerusalem's delegation without representation.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Apple and Google on Thursday removed apps that alert people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby following pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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There will also be panels with Gersh agents talking about the art of representation and a panel with longtime James Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
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On Monday, Barbosa welcomed health ministers and delegates from around the Americas to Washington to discuss a number of health issues facing the region, and to set priorities.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Two of Sarkozy’s former ministers, Claude Guéant and Brice Hortefeux, were also convicted of criminal association.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whether residue swabs from the hands of the defendants who were arrested near the detention facility revealed firearm primer or suggested fireworks use, indicating, perhaps, their proximity to Song, were among the elements of physical evidence that the defense attorneys probed on Tuesday.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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As Combs' sentencing approached, attorneys for the rapper recommended that Subramanian hand down 14 months of prison time.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Food bank managers, some with decades of experience, couldn’t recall a disruption like it.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
3 Oct. 2025
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Data removal services, antivirus software, and password managers each reduce risk in different ways.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Commissaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissaries. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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