commissary
Example Sentences
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She and her compatriots gather every Sunday outside the Otay Mesa facility to raise money to help detainees buy food in the prison commissary and call their families.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Their extra room became the commissary, to use an old Hollywood term.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 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
As Erewhon has increased its footprint around Los Angeles County, it has expanded and relocated its commissary every few years to keep up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
In the underground commissary, men sit against the walls spooning oatmeal from their upturned helmets.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
