Examples of commissary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When Cruz was sentenced to 34 consecutive life sentences — but not the death penalty — in November 2022, the judge ordered that any money deposited into his commissary must also go towards restitution for his victims. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024 In 2022, the prison newspaper First Amend This! reported on commissary price increases caused by inflation in Idaho. Phillip Vance Smith, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2024 A week before news broke that the stores were shutting down, there was a meeting at the commissary with management, Mancera recalled. Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024 But for the most part, according to Axworthy, Americans lived in American compounds, sent their children to American schools, and shopped at American commissaries. Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013 See all Example Sentences for commissary 

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“Commissary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissary. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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