bureaus

variants also bureaux
plural of bureau
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 However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus. Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Victims of scams can freeze their credit reports, Shackelford said, across all three credit reporting bureaus. Lindsey Choo, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Noun
  • What emerging markets family business leaders can do is upgrade their corporate finance departments.
    Radu Magdin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • His office is also responsible for representing county departments in legal actions.
    Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In Jagdish Patel’s frozen arms was the body of his 3-year-old son, Dharmik, wrapped in a blanket.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
  • In Jagdish Patel’s frozen arms was the body of his 3-year-old son, Dharmik, wrapped in a blanket.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Musk, who is the CEO of Space X and Tesla, has benefitted from billions of dollars worth of federal contracts, including from NASA, the military and other US government agencies, and the announcement raised immediate concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Other contracting experts said federal departments and agencies should have been more skeptical about accepting free products and consulting services from Microsoft, given the implications for competition and national security.
    Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Both the Democrat and Republican candidates have run for other public offices and lost.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But nearly two-and-a-half years later, following applications from hundreds of school districts and county offices of education, the Golden State Pathways Program still hasn’t provided any funding.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Bureaus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaus. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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