commissary
Example Sentences
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She and her compatriots gather every Sunday outside the Otay Mesa facility to raise money to help detainees buy food in the prison commissary and call their families.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The line to buy food or hygiene products at the commissary was so long that sometimes detainees left empty-handed.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
The next day, Sinodis said, his client’s commissary and phone accounts were zeroed out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
In the commissary are seven food stations with a variety of cuisines including a sushi bar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
Before my despair could deepen, the OIC started calling the pro-gram runs over the PA system—chapel run, school run, commissary run, State Shop run.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
