commanding officer
noun
: an officer in command
especially
: an officer in the armed forces in command of an organization or installation
Examples of commanding officer in a Sentence
He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
reported directly to the fort's commanding officer
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Officer Sutton was accused of driving over the crash debris, and both officers were accused of misleading a commanding officer about the severity of the crash.
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Quinn demands to see the commanding officer, and is taken to see Captain Quinn… aka Maggie, Quinn’s daughter, played by Dave’s Taylor Misiak.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Jan. 2025
As their numbers increased, the commanding officers started looking for potential places to rent, primarily in the South Bronx.
—Mayolo López Gutiérrez, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
Kerry Washington stars as Major Charity Adams, the real-life commanding officer of the unit and the highest-ranking Black female officer during the war.
—Gayle King, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Quinn demands to see the commanding officer, and is taken to see Captain Quinn… aka Maggie, Quinn’s daughter, played by Dave’s Taylor Misiak.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Jan. 2025
As their numbers increased, the commanding officers started looking for potential places to rent, primarily in the South Bronx.
—Mayolo López Gutiérrez, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
Kerry Washington stars as Major Charity Adams, the real-life commanding officer of the unit and the highest-ranking Black female officer during the war.
—Gayle King, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Commanding officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commanding%20officer. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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