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also bureaux
as in services
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the federal revenue bureau
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Recent Examples of bureaus
Unlike many other kinds of loans, with mortgages, lenders tend to look at scores from all three bureaus.
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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
South Carolina has received a request for 40 troops, and Louisiana for 70 troops, according to spokespeople for those state's National Guard bureaus.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
South Carolina has received a request for 40 troops, and Louisiana for 70 troops, according to spokespeople for those state's National Guard bureaus.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaus
Noun
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Mirza said the mobile bus has visited in the past, but that the permanent presence of dental care services is an exciting addition to UHI.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Once it's installed, Stealerium is designed to steal a wide variety of data and send it to the hacker via services like Telegram, Discord, or the SMTP protocol in some variants of the spyware, all of which is relatively standard in infostealers.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Steve Madden Verdict Mesh Sneakers deliver in the color, texture, and comfort departments.—
Amber Cardullo,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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However, that approach is not representative of the advanced work that occurs across the data departments within clubs.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their arms were protected by a material that could let their scent through for the mosquitoes to smell, but with such tiny holes that the mosquitoes could not reach through to actually bite them.—
Eva Amsen,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After unthreading some lug nuts from attachments secured to the port and starboard sides of the vessel, the crew deploys two metal arms that jut out a half dozen feet from the aft.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What may be the drug epidemic in the future, Smith said, so officials across agencies can work together to get ahead of it.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The emergency proclamation authorizes the Hawaii National Guard to assist civilian authorities and directs all state agencies to cooperate in response efforts.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
6 Sep. 2025
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For borrowers in their second or third year of college worried about getting across the finish line, Pierce recommends speaking with financial aid offices to access grants or cheaper loans to fill gaps.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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This creates delays in patient care, from nurses having to run across the campus to fetch IV poles to cardiovascular surgeons having to clean their own offices after each patient, Siebers said.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Bureaus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaus. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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