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commander

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


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Iran’s new leadership includes Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, national security chief, and Ahmad Vahidi, Revolutionary Guard commander.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The French were among the first, sending some 50 elite troops, said Gen. Pierre Schill, commander of the French land army.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The military is subordinate to its civilian commander in chief, and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he has no direct command of battlefield forces.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

But as the commander of Apollo 13 famously said when his spacecraft malfunctioned on the way to the Moon: "Houston, we've had a problem..."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The office, I realized, of the commander in chief of the Academy.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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