database
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Using the Ministry of Justice's online judgments database, the company identified 517 employment tribunal cases mentioning neurodivergent conditions in 2025, up from 265 in 2020.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Homeland Security has previously told news outlets it does not have a “domestic terrorist” database, but said it monitors incidents of “threats, assaults and obstruction” of its officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
One forces prescribers to register with the manufacturer -- creating a national database that advocates say could pose a safety risk for doctors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the U.S., incidents in the cargo hold have risen 40% between 2021 and 2025, according to the Thermal Runaway Incident Program database.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Choosing few words, but being as specific as possible, was the best approach on a database like this.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The mobile number was then put through police intelligence databases, which revealed a single piece of intelligence dating back to 2018, linked to that number, but with no name attached.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Attorneys for plaintiffs in the case say Hochman is vastly overstating the level of fraud and relying on databases with faulty information about who was incarcerated in county custody as a juvenile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The other problem with their early effort is that the diagnostic agent required super-user access to apps, databases and APIs, the software that acts as a connective tissue between applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
These databases are then used by police and prosecutors, as well as by employers and housing officials—an electronic record that will haunt many for life.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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