commissary

Example Sentences

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Their extra room became the commissary, to use an old Hollywood term.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

The line to buy food or hygiene products at the commissary was so long that sometimes detainees left empty-handed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 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

But at last Lee gets good news in the form of a report from his commissary general, I. M. St.John: 80,000 rations have been rushed to the town of Farmville, just nineteen miles away.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly