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 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 But more recently, the credit bureaus have employed a limited number of workers — often overseas — to handle enormous volumes of investigations. — Joel Jacobs, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaus
  1. agencies
  2. departments
  3. offices
  4. services
Noun
  • Dozens of mostly smaller law enforcement agencies have severed their ties to Flock in recent months.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Tunnel walks have evolved from viral social media moments into marketing platforms for luxury brands, agencies and media companies, giving athletes new ways to shape their identities, engage fans and expand brand visibility.
    — Nethumi Kannangara, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • Local police departments and private vessels also responded, Crispen said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 July 2026
  • According to a July 14 press release from CalHR, the recent pilot focused on hiring for Analyst I, Analyst II and Student Assistant positions in the participating departments.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • Its incumbent, Tony Thurmond, had a background in social work before running for various offices, but that kind of experience isn’t always the case.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • In the immense downtime between scenes during my visit this past September, the crew of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon trudges among plastic tents serving as makeshift production offices.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Definition of offices
Noun
  • Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • If there are no Apple App Store services in 2276, our historical iPhone 17 Pro has another insurmountable problem.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of services

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