be commissioned
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Ai, who was born in 1957 in Beijing, is the first artist living and working in the Asia-Pacific region to be commissioned for the series.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Following the case, the girls' families complained to Sussex Police, prompting a review to be commissioned by Jo Shiner, then the force's deputy chief constable.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
“I’ve tended to be commissioned by people who look at my work as what it is,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship, built by Australian manufacturer Austal, became the first U.S. warship to be commissioned in a foreign port.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
These twenty-two men were the first of some sixty Negroes to be commissioned during the war.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
