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

Building 178, originally opened in 1942, had included a bowling alley, commissary, tailor shop and even a disco.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

In the commissary are seven food stations with a variety of cuisines including a sushi bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

To make way for the Campus Project, NBCUniversal demolished the old commissary, a sound-mixing facility and other structures.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

There wasn’t much to them, but with food in such short supply I figured we could get a pretty good price for them if we could get them to a British commissary somewhere.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier