commissaries

plural of commissary

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of commissaries In late August, at least six commissaries, or on-base stores where military personnel buy food, suddenly experienced refrigeration malfunctions, according to the outlet. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 The ​attacks resemble disruptions reported at about a ⁠dozen US military commissaries in late August that led to food losses after fridges were affected. — CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2026 Many adventures later, Portillo sold his business to private equity, his chain of thirty-eight restaurants and two commissaries valued at a cool billion. — John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Immigrants detained at two federal facilities in California have launched a boycott in protest of increasing and, in their view, burdensome prices at the facilities’ commissaries for items including tampons, coffee and soup. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 In 2025, the Pentagon explored privatizing commissaries, soliciting interest from commercial retailers and investment firms to take over operations at 178 domestic locations. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 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. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissaries
Noun
  • The session in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, brought the first direct discussions between Ukrainian and Russian representatives in nine months as the push for a settlement stalled.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The discussions followed two days of negotiations involving Russian, Ukrainian and American representatives in Abu Dhabi.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that deputies and detectives responded to a shooting along Jetty Road in Moss Landing shortly after midnight.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Local law enforcement officers and sheriff’s deputies will also be available to respond to any issues that arise, the release said.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The final texts of those agreements didn’t even mention fuels; at COP28 in Dubai, delegates agreed to transition away from fossil fuels.
    — Suzan Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • More than 750 Australian and international delegates attended AIDC’s 2026 edition.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The call came as the district pressed for better coordination after ICE agents in late October were spotted near Ethel Phillips Elementary, causing concern among students and families during after school pickup.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Vargas and the other California Representatives who wrote to DHS said that video footage from the incident appeared to show the 8-yeard-old being restrained by federal agents.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Gadi Eisenkot, the challenger in a vote last month that left no majority, is one of Netanyahu's former ministers.
    — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Two former ministers from Orban’s ‌government and former central bank chief Gyorgy ​Matolcsy are currently under arrest over graft accusations in separate investigations.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • In a court filing last month, Pike's attorneys said her veins may have ruptured before she was injected with pentobarbital.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Attendees connected Tuesday with more than 30 resources available, including healthcare, disability claim assistance and on-site processing, attorneys, employment and education opportunities, free wigs and financial resources.
    — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The source must be reliable, in a position to have accurate information and approved by news managers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Dutch Bros staffers, from store owners to senior managers, have been put through the course for years to understand the hard work of the chain’s 25,000 broistas churning out drinks.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Commissaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissaries. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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