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• The head of the Florida bureau said there's a flutter among the engineers about that new policy.From the entry flutter
• More people were simply scored off the list of unemployed than found employment through employment bureaux.From the entry score off
• I locked the documents in my bureau for safekeeping.From the entry safekeeping
• Clean the stains off the bureau.From the entry clean off
• The Xian housing bureau also expanded existing curbs to include one more district, Lintong.2019 June 20, Yawen Chen, Ryan Woo, “China's top performing property market in May tightens purchase rules”, in Reuters, archived from the…. From the entry Lintong
• He grabbed a bottle of hydro from the bureau and fumbled nervously to open it.2011 October 17, eric.k.gale, “Cronus Distraction”, in Io Rising: Espionage in the Twenty-Third Century, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse…. From the entry hydro
• Fifteen hundred dollars stolen through the extortion exerted through the credit bureaus and the FICO nonsense.2008, Robert Steele, Fico Is a Four Letter Word, →ISBN. From the entry fico
• “Dance is not an ephemeral art form,” said Sandra Aberkalns, the senior staff notator at the bureau.2007 August 30, Roslyn Sulcas, “All the Right Moves”, in New York Times. From the entry notator
• In multibureau federal departments, each bureau may even localize the policy further.2007, Leon Osterweil, Lynette I. Millett, Joan D. Winston, Social security administration electronic service provision. From the entry multibureau
• FBI spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan says the bureau is aware of the problem.2005 December 14, “More shoppers finding a real steal online.”, in Daily Herald. From the entry e-fencing
• Although rotary cameras are quicker than flat beds, microfilm bureaux often choose to use the latter.1996, Business Archives - Issues 71-74, page 38. From the entry misfilm
• A remote control switch for the radio transmitter was test-produced by the Kashgar and A-k'o-su bureaus.1960 June 3 [1960 April 6], “Technical Revolution Promoted in Bureaus”, in Weekly Report on Communist China, number 28, Washington, D.C.…. From the entry mechanize
• Jane turned slowly toward the bureau, but merely from force of habit.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 197. From the entry absentmindedly
• Ricks as the morning after a prediction of snow by the weather bureau.1904, O. Henry, The Gentle Grafter. From the entry feetwear
• The Guardian’s American bureau are taking over on a brand, spanking new Day Eight blog which you can follow here.2021 July 31, Barry Glendenning, “Tokyo 2020 Olympics: mixed triathlon relay, athletics blasts off and more – as it happened”, in…. From the entry sayōnara
• Bureau of Ordnance's first reaction when they learned of this was to recommend disciplinary action against any U.S.2020 February 12, Drachinifel, 15:22 from the start, in The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions, archived from the original on 24 Nov…. From the entry real world
• A powerful visitors’ bureau has pushed the South Carolina city to the top of “best” lists by selling gentility.2020 August 12, Tariro Mzezewa, Kim Severson, “Charleston Tourism Is Built on Southern Charm. Locals Say It’s Time to Change.”, in New…. From the entry gentility
• The letter was pure puffery, probably written by some clerk in North Korea's agitprop bureau, but Trump loved it.2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry bromance
• Small feminized versions of the bureau plat reinforce rather than call into question the masculinity of the form.2009, Dena Goodman, Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 230. From the entry bureau plat
• Six miners escaped Tuesday's accident in Qijiang county, an official at the Chongqing coal mine administration bureau told Reuters.2003 October 29, “13 dead in China mine accident”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2022. From the entry Qijiang
• Using what the bureau calls a "False Flag" operation, F.B.I. agents posing as Russian intelligence officers contacted Mr.1996 December, David Johnston, “F.B.I. Supervisor Charged With Spying for Russians”, in The New York Times. From the entry false flag
• My bureau drawers were knotted with nylon stockings and "thigh hi's," my closet was cluttered with little pointed shoes.1987 April 11, Pamela Wescott, “Judy Grahn: Pursuing the Work We Want”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry thigh-high
• These gusts are responsible for the many recorded incidents of wind-measuring devices disappearing from weather bureau roofs in midstorm.1983, Orrin H. Pilkey, Coastal design: a guide for builders, planners, and home owners. From the entry midstorm
• Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau.1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Sunday (Hector Elizondo). From the entry redecorate
• The other one third is covered by a crack team of investigative reporters led by a crusty old bureau chief.1979, New West - Volume 4, Issues 14-20, page 11. From the entry undertoad
• Above the bureau is a wall-mirror with various invitations, dance cards and other memorabilia stuck into the edge of the frame.1935, Howard Lindsay, She Loves Me Not: A Comedy in Two Acts Dramatized from Edward Hope’s Novel, French’s Standard Library edition, New…. From the entry dance card
• The scope of his mental visuality no longer included the figure of the agent from the private detective bureau.1912, Frederic Stewart Isham, A Man and His Money. From the entry visuality
• The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city's northern Beitou district with a depth of 4.8 km (2.9 miles), the weather bureau said.2023 February 16, Yimou Lee, “Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau”, in Muralikumar…. From the entry Beitou
• Hospitals, railways, factories, or any other concerns working for the public good, notify this bureau that they need the sort of work a "Saturdaying" provides.2019, Arthur Ransome, The Crisis in Russia, Good Press. From the entry Saturdaying
• The network comprises Masterlink, a bureau de change, and a United Kingdom bank, along with a partnering MTO and a bank in Uganda.2011, Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji, Anoma Kulathunga, World Bank Working Paper No. 201: Uganda′s Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom…. From the entry bureau de change
• Within a few weeks, having endured a number of lengthy interviews, Jay found herself working in the Beijing office of the bureau of information.2010, Ray Thompson, Fires Within, page 206. From the entry jay
• In a panic to get in under the wire, every Moscow mate who has recently thought of divorce was last week jamming the official bureaus.1935 July 15, “Zags Jammed”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2011. From the entry under the wire
• I could hypnotize myself into a belief that souls were “lost,” like collarbuttons under a bureau, and I was the one man to rescue them.1930, Elbert Hubbard II, editor, The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard, New York, N.Y.: W[illia]m H. Wise & Co., page 149, column 2. From the entry collarbutton
• A survey bureau was established and the flags of surveying parties were to be seen on the plains and hills in the neighborhood.1916 March 29, C. H. Brewitt-Taylor, Foochow Trade Report (Returns of Trade and Trade Reports 1915), Shanghai: Inspectorate General of…. From the entry Lienchiang

Meaning of bureau

1. noun An administrative unit of government; office.
2. noun An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
3. noun An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).

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Questions about bureau in a sentence

How do you use bureau in a sentence?

Bureau is used as a noun. For example: “The head of the Florida bureau said there's a flutter among the engineers about that new policy.”

What is a short sentence with bureau?

“Clean the stains off the bureau.”

What does bureau mean?

Bureau means an administrative unit of government; office.