How to Use commissioner in a Sentence

commissioner

noun
  • The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.
  • The long wait for a park, though, has been worth it, commissioners agreed.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The board is made of eight commissioners.
    — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The commissioners’ vote will make that plain.
    — Randy Linville, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The firebrand city commissioner still has two years left in his first term.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At the hearing, commissioners came down on the side of the church.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Cox, who is Black, will take over as commissioner next month.
    — Fox News, 13 July 2022
  • The new commissioner—a tall, solid man with a neat beard—looked on from the edge of the crowd.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Not so fast, say past commissioners.
    — Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That was a point of concern for some commissioners.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • There’s also an open seat on the commissioners court.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The dozen commissioners at the meeting spoke for six.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, the commissioner alone would rule on their case.
    — Stephen Mihm, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The commissioner and the people with him had all gone down to the field with five minutes or so to go.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Six months later, she was named the league’s commissioner.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
  • That the concerns voiced by commissioners were heard.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Pierce told the commissioners that data centers are a part of progress.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the end, Pham blamed Trout, who was the league’s commissioner.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 13 June 2022
  • Yet its commissioners—who now mostly work one day a week, from home—have seen their caseloads double.
    — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • Maybe one day, commissioner too.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • State law requires at least four commissioners present to levy taxes.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The commissioner didn't say no.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The commissioners’ eyes stayed down.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
  • But the commissioners weren’t done.
    — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The commissioners held no vote Monday on what more to do about the mayor.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
  • One commissioner was absent from the vote.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • So why is the new commissioner on these calls having to navigate red tape?
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
  • All six commissioner seats are on the ballot, and at least three will be filled by newcomers.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
  • All six commissioner seats are on the ballot, and at least three will be filled by newcomers.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But how many voted for the city and county commissioners who set these taxes?
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026

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