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commander

[kuh-man-der, -mahn-] / kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn- /


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North East mayor, Kim McGuinness, said she was aware of the incident and had asked the incident commander to keep her updated.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

After evacuating as many citizens as he could, the KMT’s 10th-army commander, Gen. Fang Xianjue, ordered the construction of massive defense works, blew a major bridge over the Xiang and prepared to make his stand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Gen. John Shaw, who was deputy commander of U.S.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

New York City claims the earliest aerial traffic report, in the summer of 1935, by a police commander who monitored the weekend flow of Fords from a Goodyear blimp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

I was the daughter of the commander in chief.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In his most draconian move yet, the Pentagon polygraphed some 50 high-ranking military officers and civilian officials on the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders worldwide.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Houthi militants listened in on calls between their opponents’ commanders, giving them insight into their plans, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Top fire commanders decided not to deploy roughly 1,000 extra firefighters and dozens of engines in advance of the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But it is unusual for so many commanders to file such notes all at once in the middle of a combat operation.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

At first, battlefield commanders tended to dismiss shell shock as nothing more than rank cowardice.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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