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
Building 178, originally opened in 1942, had included a bowling alley, commissary, tailor shop and even a disco.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 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
In the commissary are seven food stations with a variety of cuisines including a sushi bar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
I’d heard that there was a British commissary in White Plains, which was about twenty-five miles southwest across the New York State line.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
