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
The country converted Russia’s T-7 tokamak into the HT-7 in the 1990s before commissioning EAST in 2006 as the world’s first fully superconducting tokamak.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
And Ben Stiller went the third-party route by commissioning a pair of Nike Force 1 Lows.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
Content commissioning spending across the BBC’s TV, radio, and news divisions will amount to £80 million over the coming two years, the leader shared on Wednesday.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Even without independent investigative authority, the commission has spent the past few years reviewing a backlog of internal affairs cases, commissioning an outside audit of police misconduct investigations and weighing in on department policies.
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Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Was there any coming to terms at all, even in just commissioning this film, with letting people in to your feelings on that level?
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
All three nations have built-out creative and commissioning teams.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
The country has spent two decades building museums, commissioning public art, and assembling blue-chip collections.
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Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
20 May 2026
When his advice was largely ignored, the California Democratic Party then took the unusual step of commissioning a series of polls over the course of roughly two months to gauge where the leading candidates stood with voters.
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Linh Tat,
Daily News,
19 May 2026
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
And Ben Stiller went the third-party route by commissioning a pair of Nike Force 1 Lows.
—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
Content commissioning spending across the BBC’s TV, radio, and news divisions will amount to £80 million over the coming two years, the leader shared on Wednesday.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Even without independent investigative authority, the commission has spent the past few years reviewing a backlog of internal affairs cases, commissioning an outside audit of police misconduct investigations and weighing in on department policies.
—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Was there any coming to terms at all, even in just commissioning this film, with letting people in to your feelings on that level?
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
All three nations have built-out creative and commissioning teams.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
The country has spent two decades building museums, commissioning public art, and assembling blue-chip collections.
—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
20 May 2026
When his advice was largely ignored, the California Democratic Party then took the unusual step of commissioning a series of polls over the course of roughly two months to gauge where the leading candidates stood with voters.
—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioning
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This is one of the first announcements WhatsApp has made after appointing a new CEO.
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State law tasked the City Council with appointing a replacement to finish out Lyles’ term ending in December 2027.
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The observatory was named for fast-flying swift birds due to its ability to pivot rapidly to look at cosmic events and afterglows, enabling the study of comets, gravitational waves and black holes over long periods of time.
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The system provides high-performance 3D perception while maintaining low power consumption, enabling robots to detect and interact with complex environments more accurately.
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Vance is still the default nominee, and Trump entrusting him with an Iran deal that could make or break his presidency is a sign of Vance’s clout, the person added.
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Brisson is arguably the sport’s biggest agent, and Trocheck — after nearly getting dealt at the March trade deadline — is entrusting him to facilitate a desirable move this summer.
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Political conventions during presidential election years are technically how parties conduct business such as finalizing their platform and nominating the presidential and vice presidential candidates.
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Democrats did manage to avoid nominating a controversial pick in the somewhat competitive 35th Congressional District.
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Unlike simple query-response models, agentic workflows represent a move from manual prompting to a new era of delegating and empowering autonomy with agents that act on behalf of the business.
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Amazon has been slimming down its workforce and delegating more tasks to artificial intelligence.
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However, because agentic systems can execute actions independently, an error can become a severe operational failure, such as authorizing fraudulent transactions or deleting mission-critical databases.
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Rather than authorizing private helipads citywide, the amendment would apply only to the industrial zoning district on Terminal Island, where Griffin’s marina is under construction.
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This year, the county board has affirmed its intention to use little to no reserves to balance the fiscal year 2027 budget, tasking members with finding other ways to balance it.
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Last year, New Jersey passed a law allowing digital driver's licenses and tasking the state's Motor Vehicle Commission with developing and implementing them.
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Employers should consider assigning a dedicated benefits navigator, someone who won't give legal or financial advice but will help the employee find relevant benefits, understand deadlines and know which professionals to call.
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Target's new attendance point system Target will start tracking unexcused tardiness and absences for its store and warehouse workers in September, assigning point values to violations and terminating any employee who hits 12 points within a year.
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