Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The district under a commissioner.
- noun The office or position of a commissioner.
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- noun The role or office of
commissioner .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I hope before my commissionership is over, we will have a World Cup.
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Sir Paul Stephenson's commissionership was ended by the phone-hacking scandal, as was the career of former assistant commissioner John Yates.
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TR had risen like a meteor through the New York City police commissionership, army service in the Spanish-American war in Cuba, and a couple of years as governor of New York.
Lincoln and the Hazards of Transition Richard J. Tofel 2011
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Named after the Civil War battle where his father was wounded, Landis got the commissionership for two reasons: First, because he had a reputation—much of it exaggerated—as a foe of corruption.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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Named after the Civil War battle where his father was wounded, Landis got the commissionership for two reasons: First, because he had a reputation—much of it exaggerated—as a foe of corruption.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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But after a couple years of fielding calls from reporters at 3 a.m. about the latest suicide or inmate disturbance on Rikers Island, and reluctantly concluding that an assistant commissionership for public affairs wasn ' t in the cards, I cleaned out my desk, collected my back pay and wrote a piece " on spec " for the Village Voice about a subject I knew well — the Rikers Island Christmas Pageant.
SoHo Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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Named after the Civil War battle where his father was wounded, Landis got the commissionership for two reasons: First, because he had a reputation—much of it exaggerated—as a foe of corruption.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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Named after the Civil War battle where his father was wounded, Landis got the commissionership for two reasons: First, because he had a reputation—much of it exaggerated—as a foe of corruption.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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While Banks 'promotion is welcomed, the fact remains that in the seven years of Kelly's commissionership, the number of blacks in top ranks has increased barely an iota.
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The right model for Mr. Yglesias would be Paul Giamatti Sr., who parlayed his outlandish literary musings on Baseball into the Presidency as well as Baseball commissionership. lemuel pitkin Says:
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