Thesaurus results for COMMISSARY

commissary

noun

ˈkä-mə-ˌser-ē

Definition of commissary

as in deputy

a person who acts or does business for another will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese

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Recent Examples of commissary The inmates also broke televisions, a commissary kiosk, and parts of the ceiling, Spectrum News reported. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Herrera handed him $50 for his commissary account and posed for a photograph with him. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The screen-testing room here is at the end of the commissary hall. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026 When Sarsour asked for an adequate diet to stabilize his blood sugar levels, he was told to purchase BBQ pork rinds from the commissary, even though that food would violate his religious beliefs and dietary restrictions, his attorneys said. — CBS News, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for commissary

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Noun

Prince was able to free the ATV and accelerated toward the deputy, striking him and knocking him to the ground.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
Hubble and Webb both have coronagraphs, but Roman’s experimental instrument is 100 to 1,000 times better than any built before, said Bertrand Mennesson, Roman deputy project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of deputy

Noun

This came before Nataraja played delegates the trailer of The Great British Bake Off‘s seventeenth season, which is due to launch in coming weeks.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
But the process falls apart when a company has to scale up, delegate, or is mostly remote.

— K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of delegate

Noun

Hutton said Calumet College regularly sends representatives to the school to monitor it, including its governance system and academic programs.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Fifty-one contestants — one representative from each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia — vied for the crown.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of representative

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Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
This was followed by the creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) on July 22 to handle espionage and resistance agents, and the first raids were already being carried out.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

During a news conference Wednesday, general manager Brian Gutekunst was asked if the Packers would need to add another running back in the event Jacobs faced charges and got suspended.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a discussion with third base umpire and crew chief Vic Carapazza in the third, when Misiorowski fell behind 2-0 on Francisco Alvarez following a walk to Morel.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of manager

Noun

Hackett's suit, filed by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, seeks compensatory and punitive damages and names Arellano in his individual capacity as the sole defendant.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
Asking the Virgin for forgiveness The visa applications submitted by Lozano will now probably come under review by USCIS, said Ortiz, the attorney with the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of attorney

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The groundbreaking ceremony for the facility was held in the national capital on Tuesday attended by India’s civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Flory Mapamboli, a Congolese lawmaker and former treasury adviser to the finance minister, said the conditions had already been met for some financing, but the money was still not being disbursed.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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