commission
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From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The commission has asked for a report from Bihar police and urged authorities to prevent further sharing of the video clips to protect the girl's identity and privacy.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
She said she’ll be tracking a hearing on Monday run by the House Budget Committee that looks at the need for a fiscal commission.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
“It was fun watching the skepticism of those who didn’t believe in the 100% commission idea,” Gail Liniger told the Colorado Springs Gazette in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He’d been hoping the remaining goblins would lose their nerve once their leader was out of commission.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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“The monetization path for Muse, including ads, subscriptions and commissions, seems unlikely to be material before 2028,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Together, Gail and Dave Liniger popularized an unorthodox business model, in which agents kept 100% of commissions in exchange for paying a fee to Remax for advertising and other management costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
I have yet another message from an anon, asking if I take commissions, i like your art so much, im so in love with it, it says.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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It’s appropriate that Opera Montana’s first commissioned work is Zach Redler’s “A River Runs Through It,” which opened last week at the Ellen Theatre here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Bowman, speaking at a gathering in London, laid out the initial findings of a report that she commissioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The firm's design has been commissioned for use on two of its three planned routes for upgrading the electricity grid across mid and west Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
A 24-megawatt generation machine will be commissioned by the end of October in Brikama, not far from the capital Banjul, Barrow said in a TV address last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Standing at the checkout counter with an armload of sock monkeys, I told the cashier, "These are for a piece I'm working on. It's a performance commissioned by the art museum. I'm an artist."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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In its lawsuit filed Sept. 10 against Altus Power and subcontractor Pearce Services, Lineage claims Altus sought to re-energize the solar array to complete testing and commissioning around June 23, 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The tests are part of a months-long commissioning process that will continue as Roman travels roughly one million miles toward its destination at the second Lagrange point, L2.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 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
A Sky-ITV company would be foolish to pivot away from commissioning programmes with a national identity.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
By commissioning Stravinsky for the 1910 season, no one could accuse Diaghilev of being sheepish with his choice of composer.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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