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bureau

[byoor-oh] / ˈbjʊər oʊ /




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County sheriff’s recruitment and training facility, a special enforcement bureau, multiple sheriff’s stations and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a report in July, the PIJ claimed the bureau had received a complaint alleging US intelligence believed top Malawi military personnel may have helped to secretly funnel heavy weaponry to Sudan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some found out via the news that their personal information might’ve been compromised, NPR reports, and aren’t sure how the bureau will protect them if vengeful criminals get their hands on it.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

The average new-car buyer who financed in the second quarter borrowed $43,610 at 6.35% over 69.5 months, bringing their monthly payment to $765, according to the credit bureau Experian.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Helmuth hears Mutti dressing for work, the smooth wooden glide of bureau drawers, Open, shut.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

CNN and CBS News are expected to consolidate some of their operations, such as its overseas bureaus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Prior to the Times, Emma was a reporter with the Financial Times where she covered economics before moving to work in the Brussels and Berlin bureaus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Months later, he signed AB 238, a Harabedian bill that provided for 12 months of mortgage relief and banned late fees, foreclosures and negative reports to credit bureaus for homeowners who receive it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The company said it alerted the collection agency in question as well as the credit bureaus to the mistake.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Our clients were multinational corporations, bureaus of foreign governments, individuals of resource and connection.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Guests were seen hugging, making calls, texting friends and loved ones, and their news bureaux.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

In-store travel money bureaux, which are located in more than 100 stores, are unaffected.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021

They proved successful: transnational interventions, such as quarantine and disease surveillance by international health bureaux, did bring down cholera deaths.

From The Guardian ● May 1, 2020

He fears he will be reported to one of Kenya’s three credit bureaux, jeopardizing his chances of being able to borrow more to grow his business.

From Reuters ● May 25, 2018

If the bureaux for the letters to be sent out of Paris could still work, those for the collection of the letters from abroad were at a stand-still.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary




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