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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Forty-eight-year-old retailer Eszter Somfai had her home address shared online, after an internal party database with some 200,000 supporters' personal details was leaked last November.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The cloud-computing and database company is cutting jobs across its business lines, according to employees and several posts on LinkedIn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The company has since been dissolved, according to the Idaho Secretary of State business database.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“We think Oracle should be one of the go-to investment names given its AI datacenter business and its core database business,” Moerdler wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

"Maybe you could go online this afternoon, Bobby. You could go to the website of the journal Science and do some poking around, search their database for articles on light, do some reading— okay?"

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements