be commissioned

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The Church in Wales has apologised and told the BBC that an external safeguarding audit of all cathedrals in Wales would be commissioned as well as a review into its culture.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

Following the case, the girls' families complained to Sussex Police, prompting a review to be commissioned by Jo Shiner, then the force's deputy chief constable.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

“I’ve tended to be commissioned by people who look at my work as what it is,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship, built by Australian manufacturer Austal, became the first U.S. warship to be commissioned in a foreign port.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Last August he went again to Rome, "not expecting," as he says, "to return;" but "delighted to be commissioned to come back" clothed in his new dignity.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various