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 next day, Sinodis said, his client’s commissary and phone accounts were zeroed out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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
Mr. Heron was supposed to be a Tory; he wasn’t supposed to know where American commissary officers were.
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.
