commandant
Example Sentences
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In 2024 I helped the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project buy the house next door to Auschwitz, where camp commandant Rudolf Höss lived with his family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Then he laid eyes on 15-year-old Conchita Arguella, who was also, conveniently, the daughter of the commandant of the San Francisco Presidio.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
“We continue to make mission without ever diminishing our standards,” Gen. Eric Smith, commandant of the Marine Corps, flatly told Congress earlier this month.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
The German-language film, which earned a total of five Oscar nominations, focuses on the family of Auschwitz's longest-serving commandant, Rudolf Höss.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
The British commandant was throwing a ball in honor of Queen Charlotte’s birthday in ten days’ time.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
