command
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In this arms race, 20-year-olds now command pay rates that most Americans don’t reach at the peaks of their careers, never mind as interns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It is about making the audience see who is in command.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Early adopters of zero-emission technologies say they can’t command the rates they need to cover the higher costs of battery-electric or hydrogen fuel-cell trucks because they are competing with lower-cost diesel rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The home was imagined as both shelter and command center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I make a recording, and I send it back to the command center.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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With “Digger,” Iñárritu commands — to quote “Real Housewives of New York” alum Kelly Bensimon — “You come up to me; I don’t go down to you.”
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
“A pair generally commands a higher price,” Pagello says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
L.A.’s top litigator commands a budget of nearly $200 million, plays a role in shaping city ordinances, and wages court battles on behalf of the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
But the Cupertino, Calif., company keeps tight control of its product universe through its iOS operating system and proprietary software, and commands a vast, affluent user base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Then Santini commands his children to assemble by the tree,” Colonel Meecham said with a flourish.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Gen. Harold G. Moore, who commanded a cavalry unit at the late 1965 Ia Drang battle, fretted how the war was “devastating to the morale and effectiveness of every American unit in combat.”
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
A veteran of battles for the right to divorce and abortion, Bonino was a former member of Italy's Radical Party who commanded respect across the political spectrum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
But Ossoff’s remark also commanded attention, feeding a boomlet that helped bump up his standing in polls of the hypothetical 2028 presidential primary.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Four years later, he commanded the forces that kept Gen. Cornwallis pinned down at Yorktown until reinforcements arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Who wants to play a game where you can be commanded to do anything?
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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And tech darlings are no longer commanding the multiples that they once did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A summit that shows the Chinese leader commanding respect abroad, Kritenbrink said, will play well at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
I read such stories aloud and adhered to commanding officers’ warnings to keep “notes to the boat” free of any references to stress at home, lest we lower troop morale.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
It’s a commanding portrayal, but I wish the production didn’t shrink from its protagonist’s fierceness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“A man with a Western education like yours could provide great service to our country,” continued the commanding voice.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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