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commission

noun as in group working together toward goal

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The commission issued a request for proposals but never awarded a contract.

Digital teams are paid on commissions, not a full-time equivalent model so the revenue is less stable or predictable — this puts any CFO or financial director on the defensive.

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The commission has yet to formally award the work to any contractors.

The state commission that oversees redistricting has decided to accommodate the state’s top 12 non-English languages, which doesn’t include Somali or Oromo, and advocates worry they’ll be further shut out of the process this year without translation.

If translation is needed in another language, the commission will provide it if it gets 24 hours’ advanced notice.

Instead, the military commission proceedings are bogged down in a pre-trial phase, as it has been for the past three years.

The military commission this week was to focus on the alleged FBI infiltration of one of the defense teams.

Add to that the per diems paid for the 105 military commission personnel who attend the proceedings, which cost more than $16,000.

Facing a political backlash, they reversed course in 2011 and announced that the military commission process would be restarted.

It was from a former Railroad Commission employee who had gone to work for an oil and gas developer.

The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.

Under the pressing circumstances the military authorities pretended to be doing something there, and sent up a commission.

Richard Cromwell's parliament dissolved by commission under the great seal, at the instance of Desborough.

It stood first on the list of lines recommended p. 109for construction in the Report of the Allport Commission.

He accompanied the Prince to France, and obtained a commission in Ogilvie's regiment of foot.

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On this page you'll find 224 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to commission, such as: agency, authority, delegation, office, appointment, and brevet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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