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commissioner

[kuh-mish-uh-ner] / kəˈmɪʃ ə nər /
NOUN
agent
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He worked some in the public sector, winning a seat as a county commissioner in Omaha in the late 1980s, and he chaired the state ethanol board.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Chris Slevin, who visited Beijing in July as a commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said Chinese officials peppered his delegation with questions about the bilateral AI dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

“At the time, I was the first commissioner in the agency’s 37-year history to speak fluent Russian, the language of the world’s largest Arctic nation.”

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

Early in 2025, Russia's human rights commissioner published a list of 517 Kursk residents reported missing.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Then he organized a committee of black leaders to meet downtown with the police commissioner.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

In 1989, he took office on the county board of commissioners.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

After filming Teasdale across five years, Mitchell shelved his documentary when commissioners lost interest.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

It is also unclear whether the final fence will be approximately 8 feet tall throughout the park or reach as high as 11 feet in some areas, as commissioners were told in July.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Legal disclosure flushed out some internal communications which reflect badly on the six government-appointed commissioners.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

The French reacted “as if it had been a victory of their own troops over their own enemies,” the commissioners reported.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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