commissary

Example Sentences

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The state-of-the-art complex has five sound stages, offices and other proper movie studio features such as a mill, commissary and base camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 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

“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

As Erewhon has increased its footprint around Los Angeles County, it has expanded and relocated its commissary every few years to keep up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

He gets paid about fifty-three cents a day, which he can use at the prison commissary to buy toothpaste, snacks, stamps, and other miscellaneous items.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore