commissioner
noun
com·mis·sion·er
kə-ˈmi-sh(ə-)nər 
: a person with a commission: such as
a
: a member of a commission
b
: the representative of the governmental authority in a district, province, or other unit often having both judicial and administrative powers
c
: the officer in charge of a department or bureau of the public service
d
: the administrative head of a professional sport
Examples of commissioner in a Sentence
The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.
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Loved Eminem walking out with Roger Goodell to make the commissioner seem (slightly) cooler by osmosis.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
Nothing’s official until the commissioner says the name, but the draft really begins with the second overall pick.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
Multiple commissioners questioned whether developers should shoulder more of the costs of flood mitigation given their environmental impacts.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
The approval of the net neutrality measure comes after Democrats, led by Rosenworcel, attained a 3-2 majority on the commission with Biden appointee Anna Gomez confirmed as the FCC’s fifth commissioner last year.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
The rule was approved in a 3-to-2 vote, with both Republican commissioners voting against the measure.
—J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
What happens next In voting against passage of the rule, the two Republican FTC commissioners on the five-person panel argued that the agency lacks the authority to ban noncompetes.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Service Meals on Wheels Delivery since 2009, serve planning and Zoning Commissioner for the city of Watauga since 2009, charter review commissioner, Ambassador keller isd
Volunteer animal rescue and active foster.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
But commissioners, at their meeting Wednesday in Long Beach, said that amount may be insufficient.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
Nothing’s official until the commissioner says the name, but the draft really begins with the second overall pick.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
Multiple commissioners questioned whether developers should shoulder more of the costs of flood mitigation given their environmental impacts.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
The approval of the net neutrality measure comes after Democrats, led by Rosenworcel, attained a 3-2 majority on the commission with Biden appointee Anna Gomez confirmed as the FCC’s fifth commissioner last year.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
The rule was approved in a 3-to-2 vote, with both Republican commissioners voting against the measure.
—J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
What happens next In voting against passage of the rule, the two Republican FTC commissioners on the five-person panel argued that the agency lacks the authority to ban noncompetes.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Service Meals on Wheels Delivery since 2009, serve planning and Zoning Commissioner for the city of Watauga since 2009, charter review commissioner, Ambassador keller isd
Volunteer animal rescue and active foster.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
But commissioners, at their meeting Wednesday in Long Beach, said that amount may be insufficient.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
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commissioner
noun
com·mis·sion·er
kə-ˈmish-(ə-)nər
1
: a member of a commission
2
: an official in charge of a government department
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