bureaus

noun

variants also bureaux
plural of bureau
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 Register fraud alerts with Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, the three main credit reporting bureaus. — Brian Sloan,dan Avery, CNBC, 6 July 2026 With each emergency, laws were enacted, bureaus created, budgets enlarged, and civil liberties restricted. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026 The double shooting is under investigation by the sheriff’s homicide and internal affairs bureaus. — 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. — 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. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Mar. 2026
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  1. agencies
  2. departments
  3. offices
  4. services
Noun
  • The entire industry has struggled to converge in the way credit-rating agencies generally do.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Bigger picture But ultimately, many of these debris concerns could be mitigated with more responsible behaviors from space agencies and launch providers, Sorge said.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • As trial evidence accumulates, expect state health departments, Medicare wellness materials and Alzheimer’s advocacy groups to point more explicitly toward berries, tea and apples.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • Medicare continues to pay significantly more for identical outpatient services in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than in independent physician offices or ambulatory surgery centers.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • In a county full of Republican voters, Democrats hold most partisan offices.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
  • What’s more, companies that focus on AI are looking at relatively large offices.
    — Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of offices
Noun
  • Experts agree that allowing external services to access Apple’s and Google’s operating systems could be dangerous for security and user privacy.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • This home’s location, which is near the Farmington line, means that services and businesses in the Farmington and Unionville areas, as well as those in Avon and Canton, are just minutes away.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of services

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