COMMISSIONED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

commissioned

verb

Definition of commissioned

past tense of commission

as in appointed

to appoint as one's representative plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter

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as in enabled

to give official or legal power to was commissioned lieutenant

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as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to was commissioned to do the biography

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as in nominated

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 commissioned The first Vanguard-class vessel was commissioned in 1993, and the last in 1999. — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 Before the diagnostic is commissioned, write down which finding would be unacceptable to receive. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The poll was conducted by the firm FM3 Research between March 5-11, 2026, and was commissioned by the Planning and Conservation League, a bill supporter. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 The allegations, by students at Michigan's Interlochen Center for the Arts, were detailed in an external review commissioned by the school following a report from a former student in 2024. — James Hill, ABC News, 30 July 2026 More seating and shade will be added to its amphitheater, new public art will be commissioned, and additional walkways, gathering areas and 200 trees will make the towers the physical centerpiece of what will be a 5-acre campus. — Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 When Beltran was called up in September 1998, Brett reminded, the Royals were owned by a trust commissioned to keep the team in town at the behest of late Royals founder Ewing Kauffman. — Vahe Gregorian july 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026 Last week, the family’s attorney, Ben Crump, released the preliminary findings of an independent autopsy commissioned by Wells’ family. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 In one of Kent Nishimura’s photographs of the White House press corps, which The New Yorker commissioned, the correspondent Beni Harmony readies herself for a segment featuring the President and the First Lady. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

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After his final deployment, he was appointed director of Missouri’s Show-Me Heroes program, a workforce development partnership between the Missouri National Guard, the governor’s office and the Missouri Division of Workforce Development.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
In 2024, Robert Hur, a special prosecutor appointed by the Justice Department concluded that although Biden brought some classified documents to his home, that criminal charges were not warranted.

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 25 July 2026

Definition of appointed

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Though present, they are not enabled by default and require overriding hidden FeatureFlags, which increases user risk.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
But a wild pitch enabled Alvarez to reach first base, and Paredes socked the first pitch of 388 feet to left for a three-run home run and a 5-1 lead.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of enabled

Verb

As congestion grows, so has the challenge – entrusted to Space Force Guardians – of identifying and tracking any object larger than a basketball.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026
It was enabled by those most entrusted to prevent it, acting in the belief that the cause required continuity.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Definition of entrusted

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Readers nominated 30 restaurants with top-notch nachos in Charlotte and the surrounding area, then narrowed down the field to the Top 2 spots across four rounds and thousands of votes.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026
Taylor Swift Has Competed for Similar Honors Despite her reputation as one of the defining songwriters of her generation, Swift has never been nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of nominated

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Most particularly, the judge seemed interested in whether Reddit’s agreement with Google actually authorized Google to protect its copyrighted content.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
Before an agent acts, the organization needs to know what informed the decision, which policy authorized it, who owns the outcome and how the action can be stopped or reversed.

— Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of authorized

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Finding balance has been something France has struggled with since its success at the 2018 World Cup and Zidane will be tasked with combining France’s offensive arsenal with defensive rigidity behind them.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Senators are tasked with reviewing laws passed more than a decade ago that exempt certain data centers from paying sales taxes on goods that are essential to their operations.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Definition of tasked

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And because God is Spirit, our identity is wholly spiritual, constituted of all the qualities of God.

— Leslie Revilock, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026
But Boasberg said that the State Department’s argument clashed with its own assessment of what constituted a foreign sovereign threat under the policy.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026