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bureau

[byoor-oh] / ˈbyʊər oʊ /




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There are fewer people in the bureau, which has offices dispersed across the country, and they’re trying to tackle the same scale of data as they do in normal times.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

She was previously a breaking corporate news reporter in New York, and got her start at the Journal as an intern in the Detroit bureau covering the auto industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Jason Donner, who worked at the network’s Washington bureau as a reporter and producer was fired on Sept. 28, 2022, two days after calling in sick.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Evidence that hedge funds were reducing their borrowing around this time can be found in data presented by the Office of Financial Research, an independent government bureau that reports to the Treasury Department.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Presently he took them off and dropped them on my bureau with an absent clatter.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt