1
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
Chasing records can be a trap that ensnares parks from commissioning more engaging and enduring coaster designs.
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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
CAMi doesn't plan to collect or sell artwork but instead will invest in commissioning exhibits by international, national and local artists.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
The other side of the debate is that Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Paramount+ are commissioning original shows, while sources say the commercial broadcasters such as Networks Seven, Nine and Ten rarely order anything new (though it should be noted their streamers are more active).
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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
CAMi doesn't plan to collect or sell artwork but instead will invest in commissioning exhibits by international, national and local artists.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
The other side of the debate is that Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Paramount+ are commissioning original shows, while sources say the commercial broadcasters such as Networks Seven, Nine and Ten rarely order anything new (though it should be noted their streamers are more active).
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioning
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Skydance also committed in writing to various ideological reforms, including appointing an anti-bias ombudsman at the network.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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Decatur Commissioners have been appointing a mayor since the city's inception more than two centuries ago.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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And the corporation’s response to the row was feeble at best, enabling conservative critics to advance their long-running campaign against the broadcaster.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The breakthrough came when the researchers introduced a minute amount of ordinary salt at a critical stage in the process, which triggered the metal to wrap around the template instead of spreading out, enabling the formation of stable nanotube shells.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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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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Anyone who thinks that this is an issue that could have been solved by nominating a couple more Spider-Man movies is fooling themselves.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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At that state party convention, delegates rejected then gubernatorial nominee Mike Braun's preferred running mate, instead nominating Beckwith by several dozen votes.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
2 Dec. 2025
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At the same time by delegating these duties to competent senior executives, Nielsen will be able to also oversee the company’s supply chain and corporate structure to solve the problems there and institute a cost discipline that has been absent.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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Couples must address underlying communication issues and inequities; without that, delegating tasks alone won’t strengthen relationships.—
Tracee M. Herbaugh,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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According to multiple sources inside and outside Venezuela, Cabello has effectively halted the prisoner release process by blocking the execution of court orders authorizing their freedom — a move that underscores the depth of the internal rupture.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
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The letter details other claims of favoritism and disregard for recent board directives to curb spending, like attempting to hire for vacant positions and authorizing overtime expenditures despite the hiring and overtime freeze enacted in the board approved fiscal solvency plan.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 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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There is an emergent view among cognitive psychologists that episodic memories are intrinsically visual in nature and, effectively, the brain is re-tasking the navigational parts that include knowing landmarks and their relative positions as a means of organizing memories.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Nov. 2025
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The Broncos offered video evidence showing Oden, a senior forward, committing five fouls — and referee David Walker making the wrong hand signal to the official scorer on his third, assigning it to sophomore forward Pharaoh Compton instead.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Along the way, fans began assigning the corgi her own superstar nickname.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Commissioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioning. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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