- past tense form of commission.
- past participle of commission.
commissioned
Example Sentences
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A study commissioned by the Five Borough Jobs Campaign, a coalition of economic development groups that has received funding from Amazon, estimated that the Delivery Protection Act would increase household costs by $664 a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
For the last 19 years, student-loan lender Sallie Mae has commissioned a study on how families marshal all the economic forces at their disposal to pay for college.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The commissioned report also suggested that utilities should no longer reimburse property insurers for damage from fires sparked by electrical equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Portsmouth City Council said it no longer commissioned services from Radis.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
A Georgia planter named Hinton had commissioned Ridgeway to return one of his slaves.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
