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commissioner

[kuh-mish-uh-ner] / kəˈmɪʃ ə nər /
NOUN
agent
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A government commissioner was subsequently appointed and a new management team brought in.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Jane Kim, a Bernie Sanders-backed progressive who will take office next year as California’s new insurance commissioner, wants the state to insure all homes against wildfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The building fell into an adjacent work site, where construction workers had been performing excavation, Ahmed Tigani, commissioner of New York's Department of Buildings, told a press conference late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

County commissioner and chief executive officer of International Developers and Engineering Group Inc., could not be reached for comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Willie Hammond, Jr., had become the first black city council-man in the history of Odessa in 1972 and later the first black county commissioner in the history of the county.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Plus: Super Micro stock falls after DOJ probe and commissioners target insurance industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Come Friday, county election commissioners for all of Mississippi’s 82 counties have to submit their certified election results to the secretary of state’s office.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Soon, Hinojosa will be able to appoint commissioners who can act as more of a check on corporate power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

He and other commissioners said the structure fulfils a 100-year plan to build a monumental work on Columbia Island, just as Congress and various commissions intended.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

I shuttled between meetings with various department heads, worked with the staffs of city commissioners, and was dispatched sometimes to different neighborhoods around Chicago to follow up on personal complaints received by the mayor.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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