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also bureaux
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
So, for the married couple, that amounts to three bureaus at $33 each for two borrowers costs $198.
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Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Freeze your credit and place a fraud alert with all three credit bureaus to warn companies about any new credit requests made in your name.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Over time, the credit bureaus have become a little more transparent, and countless services and information outlets have worked to crack and share the code.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
South Carolina has received a request for 40 troops, and Louisiana for 70 troops, according to spokespeople for those state's National Guard bureaus.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Freeze your credit and place a fraud alert with all three credit bureaus to warn companies about any new credit requests made in your name.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Over time, the credit bureaus have become a little more transparent, and countless services and information outlets have worked to crack and share the code.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
South Carolina has received a request for 40 troops, and Louisiana for 70 troops, according to spokespeople for those state's National Guard bureaus.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaus
Noun
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Turns out it’s finished ahead of schedule and already shipping the servers, which will support Apple Intelligence services on consumer devices like iPhones, according to a new Fox Business report.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Booz Allen Hamilton A major federal contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton primarily provides technology and consulting services and takes in billions in annual revenue.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The nonprofit foundation, Spirit of Children, brings Halloween to kids in hospitals across the country and also raises funds for the facilities’ child life departments.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Chapter Two resets everything back to the start of the day to show more departments.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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State agencies are responsible for operating these programs with support from the federal Department of Agriculture.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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Congress failed to pass a budget or temporary funding measure before the federal fiscal year ended on October 1, forcing many federal agencies to cease all non-mandatory operations.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Under Article 7, Section 53 of the Arkansas Constitution, a person elected or appointed to one of 10 county offices, including justice of the peace, shall not during the term to which he or she has been elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this state.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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And labor costs at hospitals and doctors offices are growing, says Matthew Rae, the associate director of the Program on the Healthcare Marketplace at KFF, a health care research organization.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Bureaus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaus. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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