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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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A person familiar with the database said the ministry has never asked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the historical Atlantic hurricane database, there has not been a year without a hurricane recorded since 1914.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

At Nepal's two forensic laboratories, both in Kathmandu, experts are working to profile samples and build a database on a scale they have never handled before.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ross is jailed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and his bond is set for $5,000, according to the Miami-Dade County inmate database.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Using these, I was able to log into the database and access my existing citizen profile, which had been created when I enrolled for school.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Echoing the findings of an earlier evaluation also ordered by Carter, Nardello & Co. found “a reporting environment that relies on numerous databases, self-reported information, manual data transfers, and decentralized reporting practices.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sutherland said they also considered using genetic genealogy, databases of people who had voluntarily given DNA to trace relatives and family histories, but that was not usually allowed in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

For the analysis, the researchers drew on large publicly available genetic databases.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an investigation using law-enforcement databases with records of virtually everyone the county had prosecuted since the 1960s, including juveniles whose files had been scrubbed from the probation department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

As a scythe’s apprentice, Citra had access to databases and information that most people didn’t.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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