commissary

Example Sentences

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The “kitty” is then resold, creating a secondary market within the jails that is cheaper than the commissary.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

To make way for the Campus Project, NBCUniversal demolished the old commissary, a sound-mixing facility and other structures.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

“It’s raising the ceiling of what we can accomplish,” said Tony, who called the commissary the “engine” of the business.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

Whatever money is left over after the blazes Lewis plans to put toward scholarships for formerly incarcerated firefighters or divvy up and donate to individual prisoners’ commissary accounts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

Once we lost our credit at the commissary, we quickly ran out of food.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls