commissary

Example Sentences

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Their extra room became the commissary, to use an old Hollywood term.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

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

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

The Commons has a commissary, a full-service restaurant, a theater complex and an event space for public and private meetings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

The Continentals were paying off in commissary scrip, which would be totally worthless if they lost.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier