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command

[kuh-mand, -mahnd] / kəˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd /






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Substitute Boey ensured Gala would take a commanding lead to Turin next week as he lashed home from an angle five minutes from time.

From Barron's

Jonah thought about how serious Katherine had looked the night before, commanding, “Don’t do this,” how desperately she seemed to want him and his parents to just act normal.

From Literature

Having kept faith with mostly the same starting XV during England's autumn run of successes and commanding win over Wales, will their disappointing performance in Edinburgh result in some changes?

From BBC

Department of War’s innovation unit announced it would award up to $100 million in prizes to tech providers able to translate commands into coordinated action across fleets of robotic systems.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “The Great Santini,” he was a Marine fighter pilot who was as overbearing and explosive with his family as with the men under his command.

From Los Angeles Times