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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 For stronger protection, consider a credit freeze with all three major bureaus. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 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 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
  • Hundreds of those grants were later reinstated when a federal judge ruled that the slap-dash nature of the terminations violated the Administrative Procedures Act, which regulates how agencies are supposed to change policies.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Thanks to the support of Canadian agencies, these teams might very well achieve this goal, reinforcing the transatlantic collaborations between European and Canadian animation industries.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • Some departments have reversed cuts and hired some workers and contractors back in certain roles to fill government needs while are also continuing plans to relocate staff out of Washington to regional hubs, which could also lead to attrition.
    — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Colleges are cutting costs by eliminating humanities departments.
    — Nora Oakes Howard, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • The complex houses the police's Special Branch intelligence agency, offices of the Counter Terrorism Department, and houses of counterterrorism officers who have carried out operations against militants across the province in recent years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Assembly Bill 1729, which was spearheaded by Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, came about after Newsom required many state workers report to offices four days a week.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of offices
Noun
  • For a house assessed at the county average of $270,000 last year, this year’s county tax bill would increase $58 to $2,165, according to a Miami Herald calculation based on a home that pays county taxes for municipal, fire and library services.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Make no mistake that this intentional fear-mongering coming from the White House, which will keep New Yorkers away from even our own state and local services.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of services

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“Bureaus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaus. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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