as in agency
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the federal revenue bureau
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Recent Examples of bureau
Designs typically are only released to the public six to eight months before the currency enters circulation to hamper counterfeiters, the bureau says.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 28 May 2026
And while towns in Clay, Platte and Johnson Counties have seen steady — if limited — growth, the bureau found, population figures in eastern Jackson County have been somewhat more scattershot.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Of particular note is a novel term for what the bureau purports to be an emerging extremism threat.
—Daniel Boguslaw, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Before moving on with their other tasks, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev took a moment to recognize the 80th anniversary of RKK (RSC) Energia, Roscosmos' design bureau founded in August 1946.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 27 May 2026
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 28 May 2026
And while towns in Clay, Platte and Johnson Counties have seen steady — if limited — growth, the bureau found, population figures in eastern Jackson County have been somewhat more scattershot.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Of particular note is a novel term for what the bureau purports to be an emerging extremism threat.
—Daniel Boguslaw, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Before moving on with their other tasks, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev took a moment to recognize the 80th anniversary of RKK (RSC) Energia, Roscosmos' design bureau founded in August 1946.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureau
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Instead, pluralism, naturally associated with diversity and popular agency, was made into the cultural face of capitalism—it was branded as a false openness mimicking the free market, as a flattening that might cause art and art history to lose the threads of progress and quality.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Strauss, who killed himself in 2005, was employed by Ohio State’s athletic department and medical staff for nearly two decades.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Mullin took over from former Secretary Kristi Noem in March after she was fired not long after lawmakers pressed her about the department’s massive spending.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Additional charges filed against Frank Blessing, 58, of Simi Valley include assault against a police officer, vandalism over $400, and battery against a nurse or doctor, according to the Ventura County district attorney’s office.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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My office is six milk crates with a board on top of them in the corner of my kitchen, and this lady has a whole squat rack on her second floor with its own shower?—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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The fumes from the Agripost landfill near the Skyway Elementary School were so bad that the children couldn’t go outside for gym class and their desks were covered in mold.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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Even if a vote is added to the Senate calendar, CLARITY will need a bipartisan vote of 60 to advance towards the President’s desk for signature.—
Cleve Mesidor,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Bureau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureau. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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