commission
noun
the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
has been commissioning
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present perfect progressiveof commission (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Amazon Music has been commissioning new Christmas songs for a couple of years now, adding them to their festive playlists and staging sneak attacks on the top 40.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2021
Amazon Music has been commissioning new Christmas songs for a couple of years now, adding them to their festive playlists and staging sneak attacks on Top 40.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2021
Imani has been commissioning new work for 12 years, with a focus on composers of color and, more recently, female composers of color.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2019
Think Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, which has been commissioning a different artist each year since 1945.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 9, 2012
Though usually unavailable in comics shops, since its inception in 1993, the cable-network affiliated monthly has been commissioning many of alternative comix' most interesting artists to fill its back pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
