Examples of commandant in a Sentence
the commandant of a naval district
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James Loy was deputy secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005 and commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1998 to 2002.
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Sean O’Keefe, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
The new film follows, through calm, quotidian wide shots, the daily life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his family.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Coincidentally, the Marine Corps late Monday announced that the commandant, Gen. Eric Smith, underwent successful open heart surgery Monday.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
That manual was signed in 2006 by General David Petraeus, now the director of the CIA, and General James Amos, currently the commandant of the Marine Corps.
—Christopher Sims, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Sean O’Keefe, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
The new film follows, through calm, quotidian wide shots, the daily life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his family.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Coincidentally, the Marine Corps late Monday announced that the commandant, Gen. Eric Smith, underwent successful open heart surgery Monday.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
That manual was signed in 2006 by General David Petraeus, now the director of the CIA, and General James Amos, currently the commandant of the Marine Corps.
—Christopher Sims, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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commandant
noun
com·man·dant
ˈkäm-ən-ˌdant 
-ˌdänt
: an officer in command
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