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commissioned

  • past participle
    of commission.
    commission
    noun
    the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • past tense form
    of commission.
    commission
    noun
    the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.

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She was the point of the painting, as if she or someone powerful had commissioned it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

So the museum commissioned Oscar-winning makeup artist and sculptor Mike Hill, fresh off his work on Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” to research and create a full-body Mrs. Bates instead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Michael Phillips was also found to have "very high" levels of PCBs in his blood, after private testing commissioned for the documentary.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Only one of the 19 films scheduled by Paramount and Warner for 2025 was primarily shot in California, according to an economic-impact report commissioned by Los Angeles County and published in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

When I was commissioned, less than a year from that moment, I was told I was one of the youngest officers in the entire United States military.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore