Examples of commandant in a Sentence
the commandant of a naval district
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The shakeup comes in the wake of the abrupt firing of Admiral Linda Fagan, who served as the first female commandant.
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Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the head of the Transportation Security Administration and the commandant of the Coast Guard.
—Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
General Eric Smith, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has said that the Marine Littoral Regiment, which can provide a flexible and rapid response, is designed as a counter to China's aggression and to protect Washington's treaty allies: Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the head of the Transportation Security Administration and the commandant of the Coast Guard.
—Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
General Eric Smith, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has said that the Marine Littoral Regiment, which can provide a flexible and rapid response, is designed as a counter to China's aggression and to protect Washington's treaty allies: Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Commandant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commandant. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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commandant
noun
com·man·dant
ˈkäm-ən-ˌdant 
-ˌdänt
: an officer in command
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