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Recent Examples of commissioner
In a typical election year, the interest in the down-ballot race for California insurance commissioner musters modest interest at best.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Garber, who has been commissioner since 1999 and overseen the growth of the league from 10 to 30 clubs, was bullish about the prospects of more A-list players taking their talents to MLS when speaking to CNN Sports on Thursday.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
State law says that if a school receives failing grades for five years in a row, a state commissioner must close the school or appoint a board of managers to oversee the entire district.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2026
Rhoden’s budget commissioner, Jim Terwilliger, testified in favor of the bill.
—Joshua Haiar & Seth Tupper, States Newsroom, 19 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Garber, who has been commissioner since 1999 and overseen the growth of the league from 10 to 30 clubs, was bullish about the prospects of more A-list players taking their talents to MLS when speaking to CNN Sports on Thursday.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
State law says that if a school receives failing grades for five years in a row, a state commissioner must close the school or appoint a board of managers to oversee the entire district.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2026
Rhoden’s budget commissioner, Jim Terwilliger, testified in favor of the bill.
—Joshua Haiar & Seth Tupper, States Newsroom, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioner
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The Daily News reached out to the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, and Amy Sebring, who has direct oversight of the monument as the superintendent of park service sites in Manhattan, for comment.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Heather Campos, assistant superintendent of human resources, presented a proposal to potentially cut over 30 full-time positions and 12 substitute teacher jobs by March, due to what the district said is declining enrollment and budget shortfalls.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sheffield Wednesday were deducted a total of 18 points by the EFL for financial regulation breaches in the first half of the season, after filing for administration, with their former owner Dejphon Chansiri prohibited from being an owner or director of any EFL club for a period of three years.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Davis was the inaugural executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism under Mayor Eric Adams.—
Moshe Davis,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Safety briefings are being held this week with Officer Lattin and school administrators on appropriate technology use and the legal consequences of creating or possessing explicit images, including those generated by AI.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Friday, administrators at Northgate Middle School notified the school’s resource deputy that a student had informed them that another student in the school potentially had a firearm, Sarah Boyd, public relations manager for the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, said in an email to The Star.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
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Capital is still flowing, and large asset managers continue to raise funds .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Wildlife managers have no idea how many mountain lions roam the state because estimating populations is essentially impossible.—
Ted Williams,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Company executives knew idle transmission lines could spark wildfires.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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French President Emmanuel Macron blasted tech company executives of social media platforms over refusals to limit or restrict speech.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Feb. 2026
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Fifty-four percent of court supervisors are also gone — which means that those who remain are managing multiple courts at once.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2026
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Aaron Peskin, a former San Francisco supervisor and outspoken progressive, said a law Wiener wrote inadvertently stifled local housing and affordability efforts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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In December, state regulators ordered Edison to identify fire risks on its 355 miles of out-of service transmission lines located in areas of high fire risk and tell regulators how executives planned to use the lines in the future.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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These included regional and state academics, regulators, renewable energy developers and groups supporting wind and/or solar power.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Sandra Stern will step down as vice chairman of Lionsgate Television Group at the end of March, calling it a wrap on her executive career after 40 years of forging innovative deals and overseeing large-scale production operations.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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Last fall Kimmel was temporarily yanked off the air after ABC was threatened by FCC chairman Brendan Carr; last summer Colbert’s show was canceled, purportedly for financial reasons, right around the same time its parent company was seeking Trump’s approval for a merger.—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioner. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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