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
“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
The leftover money will either go toward the inmates’ commissary accounts or scholarship funds for formerly incarcerated firefighters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
Without cash to buy from the jail’s commissary, they go hungry and lose weight.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
