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command

[kuh-mand, -mahnd] / kəˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd /






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A one-time gene therapy, at the prices such treatments command, could make even a relatively small share of that population worth billions of dollars in annual sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

To be clear, these A.I. agents are remarkably advanced and sophisticated chains of command.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

He showed signs of command problems in the first inning.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

The deployment marks the vessels first official sailing as Nato's command ship for the Allied Response Force - a designation it received in July this year.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

And he was still king, with men to command and a kingdom to rule, and the demon prince was still his captive.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Air Marshal Alan Gillespie, who serves as the director general of the Defence Safety Authority, urged all commands to consider the 44 recommendations made by the service inquiry panel.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Once the systems begin to improve on their own, Coxon said, he fears they could advance enough to refuse commands.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

During the first part of the mission, Roman communicates with controllers using the Near Space Network, a system of ground stations and relay satellites that handles tracking, telemetry, and commands.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Another function is to translate a jumble of oral commands into a clear and concise text message.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Soldiers ran forward with pikes and swords, shouting commands and questions to one another.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

But Ossoff’s remark also commanded attention, feeding a boomlet that helped bump up his standing in polls of the hypothetical 2028 presidential primary.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

Four years later, he commanded the forces that kept Gen. Cornwallis pinned down at Yorktown until reinforcements arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Nico Gonzalez and James Trafford also commanded significant fees, while Omar Marmoush's loan to Tottenham includes an obligation to make the move permanent next summer for £60m.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Tim Curry, the beloved and versatile star who famously commanded attention as the seductive mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic musical ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ has died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

As the crisis unfolded, Commodore Joshua Barney commanded a group of small American gunboats—called a flotilla—to fend off the British warships.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

He was regarded as one of the father figures of Nollywood, as Nigeria's film industry in known, commanding widespread respect and admiration across the country.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

It’s a commanding portrayal, but I wish the production didn’t shrink from its protagonist’s fierceness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The posts ranged from imagined meetings with George Washington to reshaping Iran in his own image, but some of the most striking portrayed the president commanding futuristic military forces.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

"We've returned from summer leave rested and ready for the next phase of our training," HMS Queen Elizabeth's commanding officer Capt Claire Thompson said ahead of the departure.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

General William Westmoreland, the commanding general of US forces in Vietnam, pointed out that the American air base in Da Nang, near the border between North and South Vietnam, was now vulnerable to attack.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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