commissary

Example Sentences

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The line to buy food or hygiene products at the commissary was so long that sometimes detainees left empty-handed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

The next day, Sinodis said, his client’s commissary and phone accounts were zeroed out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

To make way for the Campus Project, NBCUniversal demolished the old commissary, a sound-mixing facility and other structures.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

In order to do so, the company would first need to build an East Coast commissary similar to the one in Vernon, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

It was only worth the risk if I were sure where the commissary was: otherwise we might just as well eat the cattle, ourselves.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier