as in agency
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the federal revenue bureau

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Recent Examples of bureau Kutler also plans to establish an MSNBC bureau in Washington, D.C., and hire domestic and international correspondents there, as well as a head of talent and content strategy. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025 On June 24, the bureau had raided the home as part of its investigation into a series of threats made against Pino’s 55-year-old estranged wife, Tatiana, who was fighting the developer in divorce court. Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 Jackson will then decide whether to block the bureau from taking certain actions, pending the outcome of the lawsuit. Douglas Gillison and Daniel Wiessner, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025 Some only share on-time, in-full rent payments to credit bureaus while others might include late-payment activity, experts say. Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bureau
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Noun
  • Washington — The Trump administration on Tuesday evening released tens of thousands of pages of government documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr., weeks after President Trump ordered government agencies to unveil their JFK files to the public.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Ministers and representatives from Western partners, Syria's regional neighbors, other Arab countries and U.N. agencies attended the one-day meeting in Brussels, organized in haste by the European Union amid change sweeping the country.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Weiss, the team’s quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator, was originally put on leave in January 2023 while the school’s police department investigated unspecified computer access crimes.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ali Adamson, a spokesperson for the police department.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Since Trump's return to office, over 90,000 immigrants have been arrested by the agency.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The brawl broke out on Fort Myers Beach on March 17 between two men who knew each other, according to the sheriff’s office.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For example, frequently checking the time or rearranging objects on one's desk.
    Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • He’s worked at the paper for nearly 20 years, covering real estate, tourism and the economy before joining the Metro desk in 2014.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Bureau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureau. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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