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commission

[kuh-mish-uhn] / kəˈmɪʃ ən /


NOUN
group working together toward goal
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By Miriam Pawel Bloomsbury Publishing: 448 pages, $34 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

The 33-year-old apologised in June after an EFL independent disciplinary commission found he had orchestrated a "contrived and determined plan" to spy on Oxford United, Ipswich Town, then Middlesbrough before the play-off semi-final.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

She said she’ll be tracking a hearing on Monday run by the House Budget Committee that looks at the need for a fiscal commission.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

“It was fun watching the skepticism of those who didn’t believe in the 100% commission idea,” Gail Liniger told the Colorado Springs Gazette in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

In Rome, Leonardo’s commission does not go well: before starting, he decides he needs to perfect the varnish—the thing he’ll need after he’s finished painting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Invitations to the Bass event featured the names of every CAL board member, including three who sit on city boards or commissions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Campaigners say truth and reconciliation commissions like in South Africa after apartheid or reparations can also bring some justice.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Brokers of those meetings are “rewarded” with greater commissions by institutional investors, they found.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Other professors had the ear of cabinet ministers and press barons and sat on royal commissions that shaped this or that national policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

I heard him ask Yao to help him recruit more, and I guessed he was trying to dodge the commissions of the likes of Mr. Dovlo and Jack of Diamonds.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

It’s appropriate that Opera Montana’s first commissioned work is Zach Redler’s “A River Runs Through It,” which opened last week at the Ellen Theatre here.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

An "independent review" of Fifa's finances should be commissioned, it added, with "full access to the underlying figures and assumptions".

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Bowman, speaking at a gathering in London, laid out the initial findings of a report that she commissioned.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

A 24-megawatt generation machine will be commissioned by the end of October in Brikama, not far from the capital Banjul, Barrow said in a TV address last week.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

In Milan, Leonardo is commissioned to sculpt a statue of a horse, a tribute to the duke’s father.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

In its lawsuit filed Sept. 10 against Altus Power and subcontractor Pearce Services, Lineage claims Altus sought to re-energize the solar array to complete testing and commissioning around June 23, 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

The tests are part of a months-long commissioning process that will continue as Roman travels roughly one million miles toward its destination at the second Lagrange point, L2.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

The commissioning programme was started by the RSA in 1998 and the first work, Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo, went up the following year.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

“The mills are currently commissioning on water and it looks set for a ramp-up from September,” UBS says of the new hub.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

I wanted to stay at Valley Forge and attend its junior college, which would allow me to go through the early commissioning process, receive my associate’s degree, and become a second lieutenant in the Army.

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




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