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commission

[kuh-mish-uhn] / kəˈmɪʃ ən /


NOUN
group working together toward goal
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Congress formed a 9/11 commission to find out what had gone wrong.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

In 2017, Clear Lake’s dire condition led the state to establish a blue ribbon commission, with tribal participation, focused on cleaning up the lake to bolster the local boating and fishing economy.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The EU’s cyber agency has also gained access to rival OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Cyber and new GPT-6-Astra, the commission spokesperson said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Professor Henrietta Hughes, a GP who was part of the report commission, said that many of her patients were happy for AI being used during their consultations, but some chose to opt out.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Theo decides to take some of Gauguin’s work on commission.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Instead, the Tribune tracked the grants by reviewing the vehicle authority’s meeting records, as well as documents, agendas and discussions from 101 city councils and county commissions that approved or discussed Flock-related grants.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Under the city’s ethics law, members of city boards and commissions are prohibited from appearing on fundraising invitations for city candidates.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Brokers of those meetings are “rewarded” with greater commissions by institutional investors, they found.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Other professors had the ear of cabinet ministers and press barons and sat on royal commissions that shaped this or that national policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

And in 1503, Leonardo, after turning down far more prestigious commissions, after expressing little interest in painting at all, says yes to Francesco del Giocondo.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency commissioned the report as part of its effort to determine how Denmark can meet the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

The EU executive would not be drawn on what further action it could take, but the independent European Data Protection Board commissioned a report expected in autumn looking at the glasses' "social acceptability".

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

He said a new 24-megawatt generating unit was being installed at the Brikama power station and would be commissioned by the end of next month.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

On Sunday, the North Korean leader beamed with pride after he commissioned the warship into North Korea’s navy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

He had taken part in a meeting of union leaders and had been commissioned, along with Colonel Gavilán, to mingle in the crowd and orient it according to how things went.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The commissioning programme was started by the RSA in 1998 and the first work, Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo, went up the following year.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

At the time she was laid to rest without a grave maker, but this month officials memorialized Raker by commissioning a permanent marker at her burial site.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

“The mills are currently commissioning on water and it looks set for a ramp-up from September,” UBS says of the new hub.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The collaboration alternates between observing runs that collect scientific data and periods dedicated to commissioning and upgrading the detectors.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

I wanted to stay at Valley Forge and attend its junior college, which would allow me to go through the early commissioning process, receive my associate’s degree, and become a second lieutenant in the Army.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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