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bureau

[byoor-oh] / ˈbjʊər oʊ /




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The average repair time for a streetlight was one year, bureau officials said in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Two years earlier, the decrease was 0.47 point, according to credit bureau Experian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Many years ago, when I was a newbie newspaper reporter in the Boston Globe’s Washington bureau, one of my colleagues, Tom Oliphant, gave me a tip that I’ve cherished ever since.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

Mike Cherney covers Southeast Asia from The Wall Street Journal bureau in Singapore, where he writes about geopolitics, defense and military matters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The White brothers were part of a small contingent of frontier lawmen who were known inside the bureau as the Cowboys.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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