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as in appointing
to appoint as one's representative
plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter
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2
as in enabling
to give official or legal power to
was commissioned lieutenant
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3
as in entrusting
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
was commissioned to do the biography
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as in nominating
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 commissioning
But the World Health Organization found no justification for health concerns after commissioning a review where experts from nine countries analyzed 63 studies on cellphones and cancer dating from 1994 through 2022.
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Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Paramount+ ultimately prevailed, putting the project on fast-track development and commissioning a pilot script rewrite, a backup script and a bible for the series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
Chasing records can be a trap that ensnares parks from commissioning more engaging and enduring coaster designs.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
After completing a series of commissioning tests and a 168-hour test run, Unit 2 was cleared for commercial operations, which began on January 1.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
In the last two decades, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Harbin have joined the list of Chinese cities commissioning renowned designers to oversee their opera venues.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Starting in the spring of 2024, Madison Square Garden began commissioning floral arrangements from McCarthy to decorate artists’ dressing rooms.
—Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
Fawn Bluff is working with the Homalco First Nation on social, medical, and artistic programs, including funding a local group to train in the craft of longhouse building in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, and commissioning cedar carvings by Derek Georgeson for the property.
—Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
Maja Fišter and Tomislav Mršić continue as commissioning editors for HRT.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Paramount+ ultimately prevailed, putting the project on fast-track development and commissioning a pilot script rewrite, a backup script and a bible for the series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
Chasing records can be a trap that ensnares parks from commissioning more engaging and enduring coaster designs.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
After completing a series of commissioning tests and a 168-hour test run, Unit 2 was cleared for commercial operations, which began on January 1.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
In the last two decades, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Harbin have joined the list of Chinese cities commissioning renowned designers to oversee their opera venues.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Starting in the spring of 2024, Madison Square Garden began commissioning floral arrangements from McCarthy to decorate artists’ dressing rooms.
—Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
Fawn Bluff is working with the Homalco First Nation on social, medical, and artistic programs, including funding a local group to train in the craft of longhouse building in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, and commissioning cedar carvings by Derek Georgeson for the property.
—Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
Maja Fišter and Tomislav Mršić continue as commissioning editors for HRT.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioning
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But there is still one more step in the long process of appointing the new archbishop.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani, who is still assembling his City Hall team, has put off appointing a new commissioner for the Department of Correction.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The system comes preloaded with a vision–language–action (VLA) large model and more than 10,000 real-world data samples, enabling it to perform complex tasks without extensive setup or calibration.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Each one grew up in a home that required her to curry favor with volatile and inconstant parents—a menacing father figure, a recessive and enabling mother—and each found a fragile safety in her caretakers’ occasional good will.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Before dying of cancer in 2013, Chávez handpicked Maduro as his successor, entrusting him with a country already buckling under the weight of dependence on oil, and the realization that prosperity was coming to an end.—
Jorge Valencia,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2026
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His solo debut, Barbarian, made more than $45 million on a budget of less than $5 million, and now Warners was entrusting the actor turned director with a movie costing eight times that.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Now the Senate and Murphy have boxed out Sherrill, filling up the board and preventing Sherrill from nominating anyone.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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When he was named student of the month for August-September at Lincoln-Way Central, English teacher Brianna Korczak wrote about Evans’ calm demeanor when nominating him.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Organizational Skepticism Toward Automation Operational teams were cautious about delegating decisions to algorithmic systems.—
Paul Baier,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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He’s always believed in hiring exceptional people, aligning incentives, setting clear objectives, and then delegating with information.—
Susan Caminiti,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
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The last time Oncor filed for a base rate adjustment similar to this was May 2022, with the final order authorizing that rate change being issued in April 2023.—
Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The San Diego Unified Board of Trustees took the next steps to open workforce housing on school sites by authorizing staff to enter negotiations for four sites.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Saleh signed a five-year contract to be the next Tennessee head coach on Thursday, tasking the 46-year-old with guiding the Titans back into contention following back-to-back 3-14 seasons.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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To get him out of his slump, Lucy tries to get Charlie more involved by appointing him director of the school Christmas play and tasking him with finding the perfect tree, while Linus shares the nativity story.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Talk about learning from mistakes, without assigning blame or dramatizing setbacks.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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What date will Southwest start assigning seats?—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Commissioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioning. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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