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also bureaux
as in agencies
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the federal revenue bureau
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Recent Examples of bureaus
The double shooting is under investigation by the sheriff’s homicide and internal affairs bureaus.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
21 June 2026
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, companies that furnish information to credit bureaus have a duty to investigate disputed information.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
The credit bureaus have said that many recent complaints are illegitimate, including a large volume filed by third-party credit repair organizations that charge customers to challenge negative information on their reports.
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Joel Jacobs,
ProPublica,
4 May 2026
Groups such as the National Agricultural Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and 12 state farm bureaus have backed Monsanto’s petition to the Supreme Court.
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Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Business Wire has about 30 bureaus worldwide and approximately 500 employees.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Tomkins began his career editing news summaries for Radio Free Europe’s foreign bureaus before joining Newsweek in 1957 as a foreign news editor.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Mar. 2026
But more recently, the credit bureaus have employed a limited number of workers — often overseas — to handle enormous volumes of investigations.
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Joel Jacobs,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
Except for certain state and local races, which are called by newsroom editors, race winners and electoral votes are called by AP state and Washington bureaus.
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Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
City News Service,
Daily News,
21 June 2026
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, companies that furnish information to credit bureaus have a duty to investigate disputed information.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
The credit bureaus have said that many recent complaints are illegitimate, including a large volume filed by third-party credit repair organizations that charge customers to challenge negative information on their reports.
—
Joel Jacobs,
ProPublica,
4 May 2026
Groups such as the National Agricultural Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and 12 state farm bureaus have backed Monsanto’s petition to the Supreme Court.
—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Business Wire has about 30 bureaus worldwide and approximately 500 employees.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Tomkins began his career editing news summaries for Radio Free Europe’s foreign bureaus before joining Newsweek in 1957 as a foreign news editor.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Mar. 2026
But more recently, the credit bureaus have employed a limited number of workers — often overseas — to handle enormous volumes of investigations.
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Joel Jacobs,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
Except for certain state and local races, which are called by newsroom editors, race winners and electoral votes are called by AP state and Washington bureaus.
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Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaus
Noun
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Even though three public agencies conducted air monitoring, the picture is still murky.
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For advertisers and agencies worn down by years of incremental tooling, that is the difference between a feature and a step change.
Noun
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Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
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Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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All surgical spaces, along with patient holding, registration and clinical offices, are now located on the same floor to streamline navigation and check-in for patients, families and clinicians.
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Jamison is the city’s most prolific converter of offices to market-rate apartments and currently has a major makeover of a downtown office skyscraper underway for tenants who can pay top rents.
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According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
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Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
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“Bureaus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaus. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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