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Recent Examples of commissioners
At the local level, Travis County will have two Democratic primaries for commissioners, Williamson County will have one Republican commissioner primary and Bastrop County will have one Republican and one Democratic county judge primary.
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Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioners
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The defendant allegedly refused to wear a lab coat when supervisors were not present.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Without blueprints or supervisors, these tiny creatures construct some of nature’s most complex habitats.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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Guardiola, in conversations with other managers, was still convinced that City would win the title.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Purchasing managers’ data slipped into contraction last month for the first time since the pandemic.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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But the price Crystal Palace demand may be too high for United, with chairman Steve Parish a hard person to sit across the table from for directors at buying clubs.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of actors, directors, writers and other entertainment workers have signed an open letter opposing the deal, arguing that further consolidation of the media industry will hurt creators and consumers.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Some licensors work through third parties, like patent pool administrators, which allows licensees to offload pricing, operating principles, term negotiations, and other relevant housekeeping to the third party.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
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Residents of Islamabad have been reading between the lines about when these talks might take place, after administrators in both Islamabad and its sister city, Rawalpindi, denied reports on Saturday that commercial activity and transport were being curtailed.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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Representing Fort Worth school district at the listening session were deputy superintendents Daniel Soliz and Kellie Spencer, and chief of staff Louis Kushner.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of New York City apartment building doorpersons, superintendents and other workers were set to vote Wednesday on whether to walk off the job in the coming days, after contract negotiations snagged over issues including health care and pensions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Each team nominated one player for the award, a panel of executives selected one finalist from each of the six divisions and a player vote determined the winner.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Airline executives have said customers are still booking despite higher fares.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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Legislators understand that the way to increase affordability is to shine a light on the ways in which those companies have been racking up record profits while government regulators are left in the dark.—
Allysson Bornt,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Absence of oversight Despite their ubiquity, REITs remain invisible to state and federal health regulators.—
Jordan Rau,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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When city bureaucrats saw as liabilities schools that had been denied resources, parents saw community anchors.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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This would reset the balance between the executive and legislative branches, demanding the House and Senate not cede excessive authority to unelected bureaucrats who are only too happy to usurp legislative powers.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Commissioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioners. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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