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
  • Because of the convictions, Flores will no longer be eligible to work for law enforcement at any level, including local, state and federal agencies.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Then, in 2012, redevelopment agencies were dissolved by the state and their obligations transferred to successor agencies.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • Since the audit tool was introduced, multiple departments have announced arrests of officers across the state, signaling a level of misuse that may have previously gone undetected.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • Of about 5% of hospitals globally that have international patient departments, Stephano estimated less than 1% are internationally accredited.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • LeVota signed the executive order on July 4, while all of Jackson County’s municipal government offices were closed for the holiday.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 6 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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