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

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Recent Examples of bureau First Alert Weather Day Friday for strong winds and cold mix In: Mehmet Oz Medicare Live Streaming Medicaid Alexander Tin Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025 Rachael Bade, an ABC News contributor and Politico's Capitol bureau chief and senior Washington columnist, asked. Lauren Peller, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025 Work management firm Asana analyzed the bureau’s data on hourly wages and inflation over the 2020 to 2023 period and found that Miami had the highest wage growth among large metro areas and outpaced inflation. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025 Previously, Iain worked as the Asia Editor for the Hong Kong bureau of news startup Storyful prior to joining Forbes in 2019, and studied Law at Durham University, and journalism at Cardiff University. Iain Martin, Forbes, 13 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
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  • 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 27 Mar. 2025.

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