be commissioned
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Gavin Williamson, a Conservative former defence secretary, first announced the name Agincourt in 2018 for the under-construction vessel, the seventh of the Astute Class submarines to be commissioned.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
Seven artworks have made the latest shortlist, with two of those set to be commissioned.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 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
General Grant was soon made a Brigadier-General, the first to be commissioned from Illinois, and was sent to command at Cairo.
From Fifty Years of Public Service by Cullom, Shelby M.
