bureau
noun
a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
bureaux
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pluralof bureau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Guests were seen hugging, making calls, texting friends and loved ones, and their news bureaux.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Last year Russian state media claimed that RT had seven bureaux in Africa, although this cannot be independently verified.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
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
Of course there are other drawers, bureaux, and so on, about the place.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison
