COMMISSIONED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

commissioned

verb

Definition of commissioned

past tense of commission

as in appointed

to appoint as one's representative plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter

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as in enabled

to give official or legal power to was commissioned lieutenant

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as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to was commissioned to do the biography

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as in nominated

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs

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Recent Examples of commissioned In 1966, the federal government commissioned a massive survey aimed at solving educational inequality. — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 Sultana commissioned Italian brands and local artisans to make the hotel’s bespoke furniture. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 Yangi said a Cellera system has been commissioned at a European converter and is operating in a commercial manufacturing environment, following more than a decade of development. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 Social media video of the event, professional video commissioned by Turning Point USA and Nest doorbell footage also was introduced as evidence. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 Rich human research no longer has to answer only the questions it was originally commissioned to explore. — Abigail Stuart, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The Christmas episode was commissioned by Jon Petrie, BBC director of comedy commissioning. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Alpharetta tested the waters with a $150,000 study commissioned last year. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The score was originally commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet’s artistic director, Tamara Rojo, with choreography by Aszure Barton. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Its board members are appointed by Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Licata and Fort Worth ISD’s Board of Managers implemented the Elevate model for the district’s most struggling campuses shortly after they were appointed to their jobs by the Texas Education Agency as part of its takeover of the district.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of appointed

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Those walls are coming down, thanks to a wave of vibe coding enabled by OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Cowork.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Performance is driven by Processes, enabled by People and inspired by Purpose—and all of it is held together by a bit of Phun.

— Sam Talya, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of enabled

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My teenage aunts, entrusted with the care of thousands of white larvae feasting on lush, thick mulberry leaves, had to get up in the middle of the night to scatter more leaves into the trays.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
The veteran comic likens the creative control he’s been granted to a second-string quarterback being entrusted to lead the team.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrusted

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To start, readers nominated 40 bakeries crafting delicious sweet treats in Charlotte and the surrounding area, then narrowed down the field across five rounds of voting.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
The last time he was nominated for an Oscar, today’s monthslong grind of awards-season campaigning barely existed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of nominated

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Lenzing’s supervisory board continues to include 10 members elected by shareholders, with Patrick Lackenbucher remaining chairman, as well as five members delegated by the company’s works council.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
Critics of consolidating pretrial under probation units say that law enforcement officers should not be delegated to deal with presumably innocent clients.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of delegated

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The San Diego Padres will call up top catching prospect Ethan Salas when rosters expand Tuesday, a team source told The Athletic on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the move.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Cities and counties would be authorized to charge fees for the inspections under the bill.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of authorized

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Seven of Chicago’s 17 runs, including three homers, came against first baseman Andrew Vaughn, who was tasked with covering two innings in a lopsided Milwaukee loss.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Also Monday, Chicago Board of Ethics Executive Director Steve Berlin retired after 33 years serving in the body tasked with making sure officials and employees are practicing good government.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of tasked

Verb

Engineers reviewed the process and defined what constituted success, while hardware safeguards such as operating limits, interlocks and emergency stops restricted what the agent could do.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
The court also heard testimony from Christine Reglin, a special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, who maintained that the agency didn’t think Fatherley’s actions that night constituted a crime.

— Sofi Zeman August 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026