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commander

[kuh-man-der, -mahn-] / kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn- /


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Her father, a military commander, is killed by the British Army during the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th century, and her mother dies during childbirth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"There was heavy fighting," said Tawfiq Al Haboun, a bearded commander in camouflage uniform.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

A high-ranking Ethiopian federal army commander sought to play down the conflict in comments to AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Gen. Benjamin Watson, commander of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, ordered all American military activity halted for two days of on-base training in standards and discipline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He told the commander of the Southern Front, who ordered Sonya to be released.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

These tools can help commanders by automatically identifying enemy vehicles from drone feeds or tracking ammunition expenditure to predict resupply needs, Matthaidess said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

By then, fire had ravaged the community; the report suggests that incident commanders were unaware of the devastation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In his most draconian move yet, the Pentagon polygraphed some 50 high-ranking military officers and civilian officials on the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders worldwide.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held an emergency meeting with ministers and commanders to work out how to produce new high-speed missiles that can intercept the faster Russian drones.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

On one mission, the astronaut had so much fun floating around outside of the space capsule that his commanders had to order him to go back inside his craft.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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