be commissioned
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Gavin Williamson, a Conservative former defence secretary, first announced the name Agincourt in 2018 for the under-construction vessel, the seventh of the Astute Class submarines to be commissioned.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
“I’ve tended to be commissioned by people who look at my work as what it is,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023
The Cabinet Office has said a national memorial to the late Queen will be commissioned "in due course".
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2023
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship, built by Australian manufacturer Austal, became the first U.S. warship to be commissioned in a foreign port.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
Construction of a natural gas pipeline between Iran and Armenia has been completed and it is scheduled to be commissioned by April 2007.
From The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
