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
Wake and Late perfected the breakfast burrito formula, then spread quickly, with a large commissary kitchen and cafe in Pasadena and locations all over the city.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
McGhee’s mother had purchased pizza and hamburgers for him from the jail’s commissary.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The kitchen was too small, so the partners had to lease a commissary kitchen.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Many people don’t realize that inmates must purchase nearly all of their personal hygiene products and over the counter drugs through commissary accounts.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
McGhee’s mother had purchased pizza and hamburgers for him from the jail’s commissary.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The kitchen was too small, so the partners had to lease a commissary kitchen.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Many people don’t realize that inmates must purchase nearly all of their personal hygiene products and over the counter drugs through commissary accounts.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissary
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Multiple adults, including the mother, were monitoring the group of children swimming when the boy drowned, deputies said.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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Responding deputies found Lucas in the front yard of a nearby home at 11535 SW 224th St., about half a mile from the convenience store, and shot several times.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Other city officials were present at the ceremony, including Library Advisory Board delegate John Warren and Stanton Councilmember Gary Taylor.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Eight oil-producing nations of the OPEC+ alliance could hike output by as much as 411,000 barrels per day in July, two OPEC+ delegates told CNBC, continuing a rapid unwinding of voluntary production cuts.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Although representatives from the U.S. and China came to a new trade deal on Wednesday that establishes a combined duty rate of 55 percent on imports from China, there have been scant details surrounding the agreement.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 June 2025
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Since May 2024, Wilson had been under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs, with Wilson's longtime representatives in charge.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 June 2025
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Then in September, a Secret Service agent spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club while scouting the course ahead of Trump.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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At Trump’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course on Sept. 15, a Secret Service agent scoping out the area one or two holes ahead of him saw the muzzle of an AK-47-style weapon pointing out of the tree line on the perimeter of the course.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The space is not likely to open until perhaps mid-July, said Mark Moncey, a San Diego Parks and Recreation area manager who was on-site while the crew installed the sod.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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The Dodgers posted a tribute to Nagashima on X, featuring a photo of the 1988 Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductee with legendary Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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At the hearing, the attorneys were supposed to be prepared to address a trial setting, a cutoff date for disclosing expert witnesses, a schedule for preparing the case for trial, any issues to be addressed by the judge and the status of any settlement negotiations.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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The foreperson had spoken privately with Judge Farber and the attorneys about the situation earlier on Wednesday.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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Reuters — India’s government is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after a devastating Air India crash that claimed at least 270 lives this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding that the authorities were investigating all possible causes.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Although it’s been ordaining openly gay ministers since the 1970s, UCC isn’t the only church opening its doors to LGBTQ+ worshippers.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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“Commissary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissary. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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