as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese
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Recent Examples of commissary
Scherer garnished Cruz’ commissary funds until all costs and restitution are paid.
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Denise Royal, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
When Cruz was sentenced to 34 consecutive life sentences — but not the death penalty — in November 2022, the judge ordered that any money deposited into his commissary must also go towards restitution for his victims.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
In 2022, the prison newspaper First Amend This! reported on commissary price increases caused by inflation in Idaho.
—Phillip Vance Smith, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2024
A week before news broke that the stores were shutting down, there was a meeting at the commissary with management, Mancera recalled.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024
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Denise Royal, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
When Cruz was sentenced to 34 consecutive life sentences — but not the death penalty — in November 2022, the judge ordered that any money deposited into his commissary must also go towards restitution for his victims.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
In 2022, the prison newspaper First Amend This! reported on commissary price increases caused by inflation in Idaho.
—Phillip Vance Smith, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2024
A week before news broke that the stores were shutting down, there was a meeting at the commissary with management, Mancera recalled.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024
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Trump also named Jim O'Neill to serve as deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services under Kennedy.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Before sheriff’s deputies found his body on Thanksgiving morning last year, shot to death in a desolate stretch of warehouses and pallet yards west of Compton, Eduardo Escobedo Sr. had become rich beyond his dreams.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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When a grandmother and grandson died in a crash this February in Northeast Baltimore, community leaders joined forces with their new delegate to get traffic-calming measures in place.Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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And delegates were deeply divided on new rules designed to spur carbon markets.Justin Worland, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for The View for comment.EW.com, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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In October, Russia hosted Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, alongside representatives from , , , and several post-Soviet states at a meeting in Moscow.Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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How to wear a knit scarf Now, a scarf can simply be practical, too—an agent to guard against the chill.Erika Veurink, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2024
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The Kingsman star plays Ethan Kopek, a young TSA agent whose routine day takes a dark and twisted turn when an unnamed traveler (played by Jason Bateman) blackmails Ethan into allowing a dangerous package onto a flight.Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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The matriarch plays the manager of a barbeque restaurant, also named Donna, who witnesses Alana and Derrick's connection blossom.Francesca Gariano, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Kelce plays the manager of Alana’s family restaurant, which serves scrumptious Kansas City barbecue.Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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That distinction led Cyrus' attorneys to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which EW has also reviewed.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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To the latter, there were a lot of questions for panelist Angela Dunning, an attorney at Cleary Gottlieb, including those surrounding copyright class-action suits against developers for the training of AI models.Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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In a statement released Thursday, Singapore’s minister of state for law and transport, Murali Pillai, said the arrival of the A.P. Møller reinforced the city-state’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, earlier this month, Domenicali met with Argentina’s tourism minister Daniel Scioli and Argentinian automobile federation president Cesar Carman to discuss Formula 1’s potential return to the South American country.Dan Cancian, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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