- past participle of commission.
- past tense form of commission.
commissioned
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In 1984, the city commissioned 10 artists from Brockman to paint 10 freeway murals for the Summer Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
But the storied New York house thinks going big is its best hope: in the space of four days, it commissioned dual world premiere operas on two continents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
It comes as gynaecologists warn specialist centres in Wales dealing with complex cases of endometriosis are in jeopardy and a national service must be commissioned.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Walczak was commissioned by the Florida Housing Coalition, an affordable-housing organization, to analyze the impacts of Amendment 3 on renters.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In 1798, he commissioned James Callender, a notorious scandalmonger who had recently broken the story on Hamilton’s adulterous affair with Maria Reynolds, to write a libelous attack on Adams.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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