Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for commissioner. Search instead for kommissionsverlag.
Definitions

commissioner

[kuh-mish-uh-ner] / kəˈmɪʃ ə nər /
NOUN
agent
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

But NBA commissioner Adam Silver disagreed that any of this was a problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Republican Amanda McKinney, a county commissioner who was endorsed by Trump, and Democrat John Duresky, a retired Air Force major, advanced to the general election.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The commissioner said the decision "must be a milestone moment" to reset the police accountability system.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Tucker, the Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner, is a fifth-generation Texan who ties his campaign to Texas’ populist movement and focuses on issues that receive the most petition signatures on his website.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

The commissioner looked again at the paper in his hand.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The commissioners accepted the gifts even as the FCC was reviewing or about to review major Paramount business decisions, including two megamergers.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

There are three commissioners: Gomez and two Republicans — Carr and Olivia Trusty, who joined the panel last year.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

But private money managers have been conjuring up new debt instruments faster than thinly stretched state insurance commissioners can rein them in, and the regulatory process sometimes resembles a game of whac-a-mole.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Police and crime commissioners will be abolished as part of plans to devolve powers to Norfolk and Suffolk and create a mayorship covering the two counties.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Five thousand yellow chairs stood on the red-carpeted speaker’s platform, and in these chairs sat businessmen dressed in black, and foreign commissioners and clerics in scarlet, purple, green, and gold.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




Vocabulary lists containing commissioner


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training