- present participle of commission.
commissioning
Example Sentences
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Renfrewshire Council said it was now commissioning an independent learning review into the case.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
At the time she was laid to rest without a grave maker, but this month officials memorialized Raker by commissioning a permanent marker at her burial site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The deployment of eight low Earth orbit replenishment satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral marks the beginning of in-orbit commissioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A Sky-ITV company would be foolish to pivot away from commissioning programmes with a national identity.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Leonardo is now in Rome, where a new pope from the Medici family—Pope Leo X—is busy bankrupting the Vatican by commissioning massive new works of art.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
