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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
Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The commission hired professional management to reverse the chaos.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Jason Dressel, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
The Red Chador made its debut in 2015 as part of a Southeast Asian exhibition commissioned by the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
QatarEnergy shuttered its operations, and Iranian missile strikes have taken a sixth of its LNG capacity out of commission for years.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The commission hired professional management to reverse the chaos.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
When Booz Allen turned 110, CEO Horacio Rozanski didn’t just commission a retrospective.
—Jason Dressel, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
The Red Chador made its debut in 2015 as part of a Southeast Asian exhibition commissioned by the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commission
Noun
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In the claim, Nancy Lemus' attorneys alleged that Eklund and Osborn failed to follow departmental and legal mandates for handling explosives.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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This law, presented in the name of anti-discrimination, threatens to do exactly that against private religious institutions that do not comply with state mandates or rules that would conflict with a private religious institution’s beliefs and views.—
Stephen Mitchell,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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Borrowers, particularly private equity firms, increasingly turned to direct lenders offering faster execution and looser terms.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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The skull had an apparent gunshot wound consistent with an execution-style killing, investigators said.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The previous bill would have also instituted a $35 co-pay for hospital inpatient stays, which has been removed in the committee substitution.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Apr. 2026
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The committee will share the information with parents and staff on which campuses would be closed and more details on consolidation amid increasing financial struggles.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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His appointment must be ratified by the Senate.—
María Verza,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Alfonso Carmona, the second-in-command of Chicago Public Schools, is stepping down Friday as acting chief education officer — less than a week after the appointment of CPS CEO Macquline King and amid calls for greater Latino representation in her cabinet.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Chappell, who was appointed to the bench in 2013 by President Barack Obama, questioned the timing of the evidence and testimony provided by government officials.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The authority would be allowed to appoint an executive director, who would serve at the pleasure of the board and receive a salary paid out of the Chiefs’ annual rent payments.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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That vision of worldwide economic and cultural interdependence that enabled the proliferation of biennials in the ’90s has been steadily eroding amid the recent rise in nativism and far-right movements in the United States and Europe.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Shackelford accused Hernandez of corruption, and her own department of enabling and covering it up, in a detailed whistleblower complaint to DeSantis’ Chief Inspector General.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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In Budapest, they were tasked with creating AI videos and using their existing network of trolls and bots to pass them on.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the court was tasked with reviewing the materials to determine what, if any, content is relevant to the leak investigation.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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For her performance, Burns was nominated for an Oscar for supporting actress, while Hershey briefly changed her last name to Seagull after a bird was accidentally injured on set.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Warsh will also likely play a role in directing the 12 district banks about whom to nominate when sitting presidents leave or retire.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Commission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commission. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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