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commissioning

NOUN

appointment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approval certification choice designation election nomination selection

STRONG

allotment assigning authorization delegation deputation installation naming ordination promotion

WEAK

choosing empowering

Antonyms

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refusal rejection

NOUN

delegation

Synonyms

STRONG

appointment apportioning authorization charge committal consignment conveyance conveying deputation devolution installation investiture mandate nomination ordination reference relegation transference trust

WEAK

consigning deputization deputizing entrustment giving over referring sending away submittal submitting transferal transferring

Antonyms

WEAK

keeping

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business contracting enrollment hiring job recruitment service trade

STRONG

assignment avocation awarding calling craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

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"Even in the first months after commissioning, we expect to start identifying promising events."

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

The terminal will use a floating storage and regasification unit supplied and operated by MISC, with commissioning targeted for 2Q 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“I really hope that the existence of ‘Heartstopper’ will encourage people who are commissioning TV and movies ... to take a chance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

An 80-year-old man celebrated his birthday by commissioning a 6,000-pound carrot cake.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Because from here, we can look down through the last century and see the fallout of a single theory: the Rich American commissioning a Consummate Professional to steal a Great Painting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

commissioning

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