No. 1,343 in Dutch
persbureau
News agency.
In a sentence
Het persbureau heeft onlangs zijn honderdste verjaardag gevierd.
The news agency recently celebrated its hundredth anniversary.
In this sentence, 'persbureau' refers to an established institution or organization that specializes in collecting and disseminating news.
Een verslaggever van het persbureau stond als eerste op de plek van het incident.
A reporter from the news agency was the first at the scene of the incident.
In this sentence, 'persbureau' is used to denote the affiliation of a journalist with a news agency.
Het persbureau meldde dat er nieuwe verkiezingen zullen plaatsvinden.
The news agency reported that new elections will take place.
Here, 'persbureau' is used to indicate the source of a piece of information or report disseminated by the news agency.
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