commissioner
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But NBA commissioner Adam Silver disagreed that any of this was a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
State Sen. Ben Allen and former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim have split key endorsements, setting up a tight race for California’s next insurance commissioner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Tuesday, Lavery was sacked from his role as a human rights commissioner but he remains in post as chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Clayton Tucker, a Democrat running for Texas agriculture commissioner, is a leader in the anti-data center movement.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
We checked in at the little hotel, washed, and then went to visit the regional commissioner, the head of government there.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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A majority of the commissioners, including me, were appointed by December 2023 and got to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The commissioners accepted the gifts even as the FCC was reviewing or about to review major Paramount business decisions, including two megamergers.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
There are three commissioners: Gomez and two Republicans — Carr and Olivia Trusty, who joined the panel last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Police and crime commissioners will be abolished as part of plans to devolve powers to Norfolk and Suffolk and create a mayorship covering the two counties.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Five thousand yellow chairs stood on the red-carpeted speaker’s platform, and in these chairs sat businessmen dressed in black, and foreign commissioners and clerics in scarlet, purple, green, and gold.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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