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bureau

[byoor-oh] / ˈbjʊər oʊ /




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Since the start of the president’s second term, about 20 applications and two solar authorizations have been closed, the bureau said, adding that some of those were withdrawn by the applicants while others were rejected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Fox’s own Washington bureau chief, Bryan Boughton, who happened to be chairing the pool this week, sent the note announcing the shutdown.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

ShinyHunters said it would give the bureau one week to correct or remove what it says are false allegations or they would publish the full databases.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Golding said that the sweep was simply a convenience afforded by a player’s father who works for the bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Our last interaction, at the pension bureau, had ended so awkwardly—I’d told him I didn’t want to talk about Luc and then hurried off, inventing an errand before he could follow me.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

One long-shot strategy: turn the government bureaus that handle marriage paperwork into swoon-worthy destinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

Credit bureaus such as Equifax have recently said VantageScore adoption is gaining momentum, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

With 2,300 journalists around the world, in 197 bureaus, serving a market including investment bankers, derivatives traders, stockbrokers, newspapers, radio, television, and Internet outlets, Reuters has always had a very complex audience to satisfy.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

John Lewis said the decision to close its in-store bureaux de change was due to falling demand and that it would move gift-wrapping services from a specialised area to its tills.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

In another measure intended to curb foreign-currency trading, Nigeria has closed thousands of bureaux de change.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

"Incidentally, we have also studied enemy weapons quite well, which were taken as trophies and dismantled to the last screw at our military construction bureaux," Medvedev added.

From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2023

The postmen, gardiens de bureaux, and sorters had their wages raised, very little, alas! for our receipts, considerably reduced, did not allow us to be very liberal.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary




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