as in representatives
a person who acts or does business for another
will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese
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Recent Examples of commissaries
What started as a small orchard grew into Crown Orchard Company, a thriving wholesale business that now supplies fruit to grocery stores and military commissaries across the East Coast.
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Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissaries
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At the time, representatives expressed both support and concern over the bill.—
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for the actor and to Mediaplanet.—
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The sheriff’s spokesperson said deputies found in the wagon 18 large strands of copper wire that belonged to the transit service, along with burglary tools used in these thefts.—
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According to the criminal complaint, a 14-year-old girl told deputies July 28 that a man approached her at the pool in the 15000 block of Farnham Avenue North and made comments about wanting a girlfriend.—
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Lee was picked by county GOP delegates as the candidate for the seat that had been held since 2010 by fellow Republican Stephen Handy.—
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At the Republican convention in mid-May at the Mohegan Sun casino, candidates need 15% of the convention delegates to qualify for the August primary.—
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Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity after agents were involved in two different shootings this week, one that left a woman dead in Minneapolis and another that wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.—
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Some who marched carried signs of Good as well as others who have been killed by ICE agents or died while in ICE custody.—
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Delcy Rodríguez is Venezuela’s new president, but the country’s powerful defense and interior ministers could decide the future of Chavismo — and the nation.—
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Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino, two of Maduro’s most important ministers, have made a point of speaking publicly many times over the weekend.—
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Defense attorneys, meanwhile, argued the protesters actions were driven by humanitarian concerns, not criminal intent.—
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The two attorneys made a slew of arguments to defend their position, including that the pair of lawmakers did not have legal standing to bring a suit related to their official duties in the first place.—
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But for now, California is in good shape in terms of water supply, experts and water managers say, and restrictions are unlikely this summer.—
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Financial managers were recognized as the second-best job, followed by IT managers.—
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“Commissaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissaries. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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