commissioned

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Meanwhile, the surgeon general oversees the more than 6,000-member Public Health Service Commissioned Corps—a uniformed service whose deployment is slower and more costly than civilian alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, who is now running for congress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Commissioned by the North Wales Safeguarding Board following Foden's conviction in 2024, the report had been due to be published in September but was postponed just hours before it was due to be released.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai music director Long Yu, “Émigré” was given its world premiere at Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall on Nov. 17 in an unstaged performance.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

I long ardently for Activity for my Hands is Commissioned to Build & to wet & to warp & to bind.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson