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commission

[kuh-mish-uhn] / kəˈmɪʃ ən /


NOUN
group working together toward goal
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By Lisa See Scribner: 384 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

He will say that’s his job — to sell products, earn a commission or fee and make sure your money is earning money.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

"Inadequate basic safeguards, including poor management of authentication signing keys and lax access controls" caused the personal data of around 37.5 million users to be exposed, the commission said in a statement.

From Barron's • 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

Seventeen-year-old Alfons Heck was ordered to appear before a de-Nazification commission.

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




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