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commission

[kuh-mish-uhn] / kəˈmɪʃ ən /


NOUN
group working together toward goal
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On Wednesday, the organization said it would commission “a thorough independent review of the events that occurred.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Ask if your adviser works on commission, fees or both.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The commission warned this would "have to increasingly affect services people rely on".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

On Tuesday, a spokesman for the European Commission, the body’s executive branch, said the commission had “expressed concerns” about both the project and the environmental impacts of an Albanian law meant to attract large investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The commission sentenced Alfons to restriction to his town limits for a period of two years, six months’ expulsion from college, and one month of hard labor.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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