Thesaurus results for COMMISSARY

commissary

noun

ˈkä-mə-ˌser-ē

Definition of commissary

as in deputy

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 commissary Herrera handed him $50 for his commissary account and posed for a photograph with him. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The screen-testing room here is at the end of the commissary hall. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026 When Sarsour asked for an adequate diet to stabilize his blood sugar levels, he was told to purchase BBQ pork rinds from the commissary, even though that food would violate his religious beliefs and dietary restrictions, his attorneys said. — CBS News, 9 June 2026 Incarcerated people use earnings from their work to purchase food and hygiene products from the commissary. — Julia Bowling, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for commissary

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Noun

Experts like Chen Gang, the deputy director and senior research fellow at NUS East Asian Institute, are positive that this momentum will lead to long-term gains for Chinese chipmakers.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Because of Micron’s corporate structure, the company needed to take the exemption two times, requiring it to pay on a maximum of $800 million in assessed value, according to Brad Smith, chief deputy at the Ada County Assessor’s Office.

— Mark Dee August 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of deputy

Noun

Kim needed at least two thirds of the 1,000 delegates attending the labor federation’s Oakland convention.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Roughly 1,000 delegates of the California Federation of Labor voted Tuesday to endorse Proposition 40, a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires aimed at addressing looming healthcare cuts.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of delegate

Noun

But during Thursday's meeting, representatives for the property owner and developer said the discussion over the mobile home park closing is separate from the annexation, rezoning and variances for the property.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
When a Van Leeuwen Ice Cream representative came to look at his space in the center of downtown Burbank in April, a senior city official was there to help woo the brand, said Kurt Kaufman of West Coast Investors, which owns the property.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of representative

Noun

Hiring has cooled for entry-level software developers — work increasingly done by AI agents — and college enrollment in computer and information science programs has been declining.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Smaller teams of high-agency engineers and builders are managing fleets of agents rather than executing every task by hand.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

The governor now picks one of three finalists named by a nominating commission controlled by attorneys.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
The county attorney presented a plan to sue several big pharma companies for the deceptive marketing practices that triggered the opioid epidemic, following the pattern established by lawsuits filed against tobacco companies starting in the 1990s.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of attorney

Noun

South Korea’s finance minister has apologized for launching the riskier products without careful consideration.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
But opposition voices and even Spain’s defense minister have asked for Morocco to give a more detailed explanation on its response to the crisis, which was fueled by social media posts encouraging people to cross the frontier.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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