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[byoor-oh] / ˈbjʊər oʊ /




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"Last year's production was just 12,483 tonnes," Jose Zalde Samson, from the country's plant industry bureau, told AFP of the five-year low.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

They work full-time on the board for five-year terms administering the Public Works Department while assisted by several bureau heads and the director of public works.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Proponents of the measure say the current system of overseeing public works is ineffective because responsibility is spread among multiple officials, commissions, agencies and bureaus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

In February, she filed a credit dispute with the three credit bureaus, which her servicer found to be “irrelevant,” according to the suit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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

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

"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

It's recently been adding international bureaux, including a UK headquarters in Scotland.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2017

And for the first time in at least three years, British holidaymakers have found that a pound buys less than a euro at some bureaux de change.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2016

Broken chairs; tables, bureaux; rejected pieces of china; kitchen furnishings; a rusty stove, old boxes; bandboxes; broken trunks; torn bags.

From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore




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