How to Use commissary in a Sentence

commissary

noun
  • They were made fresh in a commissary kitchen, and shipped out with cold packs.
    — Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 28 May 2025
  • The screen-testing room here is at the end of the commissary hall.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026
  • The kitchen was too small, so the partners had to lease a commissary kitchen.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Oh, and the prison commissary — West had worked there, too, for a year.
    — Tommy Rowan, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
  • The new location means five or ten more jobs in the commissary.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • When things got tense, there were no trailers or commissary to escape to.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The building is three times the size of the former commissary.
    — Tamia Boyd, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Any clothing purchased from the commissary must be gray or white.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, you’ll be told to buy over-the-counter meds that are offered on commissary.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Staff members who lived above the commissary survived, the suit says.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Each month they are allowed to spend up to $320 at the commissary.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Inmates who don’t have money to spend on food in the commissary go hungry.
    — Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Expect to see a lot more lasagna on the menu at the Nickelodeon commissary.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2019
  • There is medical help on site and a commissary for those with cash to buy toiletries or snacks.
    — Leyla Santiago, CNN, 9 May 2018
  • The budget has been used as a tool to protect the commissary before.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The area where the body was found used to be the site of housing and the commissary for workers who mined the red ore.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 2 May 2018
  • The money will go to Keefe Group, which runs the jail commissary.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2021
  • She also wasn’t allowed to buy from the commissary, so no more snacks or hygiene items.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • Prep work gets done at Gourmet Garage, a commissary kitchen in Loomis.
    — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Just a commissary and a pick-up point, about as stripped down as a culinary enterprise can be.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The teenager, who was too young to buy a box of cigarettes at the prison commissary, was stunned.
    — Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2017
  • Tamarind cooks some of their food in the Airstream and some in a portable commissary out back.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The man bought Danny coats from guys on the yard and cookies and ice cream from the commissary.
    — Longreads, 4 Apr. 2022
  • In addition, a small meat counter and commissary is planned to sell grab-and-go prepared food items.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Around the holidays, his mom sent him money for the commissary.
    — John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Inmates are allowed to buy snacks, toiletries and clothes at the jail’s commissary.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The new space will operate as a coffee shop and commissary in the front and a bakery in the back.
    — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Bread for all of the restaurants, bars and food hall stalls will be made at a commissary by chef David Madrid.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2021
  • At the commissary, Ramirez quickly relaxed into the role of a boss.
    — chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Shane didn’t have anyone sending him money for commissary.
    — John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025

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