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commissioner

[kuh-mish-uh-ner] / kəˈmɪʃ ə nər /
NOUN
agent
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He ran into the office NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was using and told him "I wanna do it".

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

It’s why Petitti has been to Washington 21 times, he said, during his tenure as commissioner.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Known as Lord Roe of West Wickham, a former firefighter and London Fire Brigade commissioner, he received a life peerage and took his seat in The House of Lords in January.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to renew Volker Turk's mandate as high commissioner for human rights for four years despite strong opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

When an embarrassed police department and Bull Connor, Birmingham’s commissioner of public safety, saw that they were losing the battle to youngsters, things started getting nasty.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

It took state insurance commissioners four years to clamp down on one kind of structured debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Police and crime commissioners will be abolished as part of plans to devolve powers to Norfolk and Suffolk and create a mayorship covering the two counties.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Many commissions cannot conduct business without a quorum of a simple majority of commissioners.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Former Gov. Jerry Brown, who signed the Coastal Act into law in 1976, once called the commissioners “bureaucratic thugs.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

Along with the other two city commissioners, Jabo Waggoner and Art Hanes, Connor bought concrete and poured it in the golf course holes.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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