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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
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The commission voted 4-1 to recommend the proposal to the city council, which will vote on it at an upcoming meeting.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Tobias Bauer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Several dancers from Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet also performed on the program, which is how the renowned choreographer first connected with Spalding, the latest musical luminary commissioned to collaborate with his dance company.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Ligon and Belmore’s commissions will serve as anchors on opposite ends of the Mississippi Riverfront, which will host more than a dozen works.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The commission voted 4-1 to recommend the proposal to the city council, which will vote on it at an upcoming meeting.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
Roles available at the Lexington facility range from production welders and assembly technicians to certified welding inspectors, commissioning test operators, quality technicians, overhaul technicians, painters, straighteners, and transportation equipment operators.
—Tobias Bauer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Several dancers from Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet also performed on the program, which is how the renowned choreographer first connected with Spalding, the latest musical luminary commissioned to collaborate with his dance company.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commission
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Bonta, a Democrat, said in court filings that Bianco had not provided any evidence of a crime — a legal mandate for a seizure and search — and that the sheriff was required to follow his order, as California’s chief law officer, to stop his investigation.—
Bob Egelko,
San Francisco Chronicle,
9 Apr. 2026
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For a place all too keen to forget the old in favor of new stars, new mandates, and new trends, Hollywood had a peculiar way of never letting Bernard forget her.—
Joshua John Miller,
Vanity Fair,
9 Apr. 2026
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This means that if qubit A is in state 0 and qubit B is in state 1, after the execution of the swap gate, qubit A will be in state 1 and qubit B in state 0.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Nuggets have won six games involving clutch time during the streak, correcting a trend of fourth-quarter execution issues.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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The bill now heads to the state assembly's education committee for review.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Gabriel’s bill is scheduled for an April 21 committee hearing.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Stuart Kaufman, a Plantation attorney who was diagnosed with cancer, said his advocate Amanda Millman went with him to his first chemotherapy appointment and his last radiation treatment.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Parliament Speaker Aung Lin Dwe said the appointments of 30 ministers were approved with no objections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In appointing Cardona, who also served as Connecticut’s education commissioner and as an administrator and teacher in Meriden’s public school system, Lamont is dedicating high-profile manpower to the effort.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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Trump left the courtroom after conservative judges — some appointed by him — openly scoffed at the Department of Justice’s arguments.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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The first would allow courts in protection from abuse matters and criminal proceedings to order abusers to wear a GPS monitoring device that enables survivors to track their location in real time, even with alerts to law enforcement.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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On other podcast apps, creators can enable access to their shows via a private RSS link.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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Congress in 2005 tasked the space agency with finding 90 percent of these objects by 2020.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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As Department of Justice officials are working to acquire sensitive voter registration data from states and have recently disclosed a plan to share it with the Department of Homeland Security, a key privacy officer in DOJ's division tasked with enforcing civil and voting rights laws has resigned.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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The nomination was the show’s sole BAFTA TV nod and slots McQueen into a unique piece of BAFTA history as one of the first Jamaican actresses and first Black Trans performer to be nominated for a BAFTA TV award.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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Mumford returned the favor by accompanying Mulligan to the Oscars in 2021, where she was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Promising Young Woman.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Commission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commission. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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