1
2
as in enabled
to give official or legal power to
was commissioned lieutenant
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
4
as in nominated
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of commissioned
The center, which opened in 1915, was originally commissioned by renowned La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps and designed by famed architect Irving Gill.
—
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
But a number of experts, including those commissioned by a United Nations body, have said that Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounts to genocide.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
His office has since argued that surrogacy violates the 13th Amendment’s prohibition on slavery, according to a lawyer representing the fathers who commissioned the surrogate.
—Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Mellon commissioned John Russell Pope, who a decade later would design the Jefferson Memorial, for the task.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Tucked into the sleepy hillside village of Agra, the home was originally commissioned as a vacation house for Milanese entrepreneur Luigi Cattaneo.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 May 2026
The Athletic reported in January that the takeover was subject to due diligence to analyse the financial health of the club, after uncertainty about the valuation of Sevilla’s debt — which could be around €180m according to club sources — pending an external audit commissioned by the bidders.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The Service Employees International Union 32BJ commissioned the poll, which was conducted by Public Policy Polling on April 17 and 18.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026
That’s all we were commissioned to do and that is now done.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
But a number of experts, including those commissioned by a United Nations body, have said that Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounts to genocide.
—ABC News, 14 May 2026
His office has since argued that surrogacy violates the 13th Amendment’s prohibition on slavery, according to a lawyer representing the fathers who commissioned the surrogate.
—Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Mellon commissioned John Russell Pope, who a decade later would design the Jefferson Memorial, for the task.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Tucked into the sleepy hillside village of Agra, the home was originally commissioned as a vacation house for Milanese entrepreneur Luigi Cattaneo.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 May 2026
The Athletic reported in January that the takeover was subject to due diligence to analyse the financial health of the club, after uncertainty about the valuation of Sevilla’s debt — which could be around €180m according to club sources — pending an external audit commissioned by the bidders.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The Service Employees International Union 32BJ commissioned the poll, which was conducted by Public Policy Polling on April 17 and 18.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026
That’s all we were commissioned to do and that is now done.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioned
Verb
-
Kennedy appointed eight new members, including some who have been skeptical about vaccines.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
-
Club icon Martin O’Neill was twice appointed as interim manager and, at the age of 74, this was his fourth league title with the team - coming 22 years after his previous one.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Verb
-
That enabled investigators to get an official warrant for Hopkins' DNA.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
-
If portions of the page appear blank and an ad blocker is enabled, please disable the ad blocker and refresh the page to ensure full access to the content.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
-
Perhaps the most salient thing about the Manhattan Project, however, was that it was not entrusted to the private sector.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
-
Principle entrusted the track to his friend Louie Gomez, who remixed it and passed it to DJ Frankie Knuckles.—
Eric Henderson,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Verb
-
Lawrence would essentially be pulling off the TV equivalent of Steven Soderbergh or Francis Ford Coppola getting nominated for Best Picture twice in the same year.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 May 2026
-
Palestine 36, which was nominated in six categories, also won Best Screenplay for director Annemarie Jacir and Best Cinematography for Hélène Louvart.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
Verb
-
That level of judgment cannot be delegated.—
Marcus Balzereit,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
-
In too many corporations, AI strategy is delegated to a chief AI officer or an innovation lab, organizational constructs designed to signal progress without disturbing the existing power structure.—
Drew Cukor,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
Verb
-
The Supreme Court opinion says that the legislation that authorized the new maps would be paused from the day the referendum campaign turned in signatures if the referendum effort is green-lit.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
-
Additionally, contractors have removed trees that they were authorized to take down.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
-
Initially, when Djena got to the States, she was tasked with taking care of Denise and Mohamed’s youngest child, Timou, who was not yet two years old.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
-
Armed with a forestry degree from Yale, Leopold was tasked with running a program to eradicate wolves and mountain lions in New Mexico and Arizona.—
Mark VanderSchaaf,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2026
Verb
-
The five-star analyst noted that server CPU business grew by more than 50% year-over-year across enterprise and cloud, mainly driven by units with a higher average selling price, as Turin constituted over half of the mix.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
-
According to court documents, Yves Bouvier purchased the work for $60 million privately from Sotheby’s, then sold it to Dmitry Rybolovlev for $85 million, part of the series of markups that constituted the alleged scam.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Commissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioned. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
