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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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The scale of that market is still unclear as there is no central register of practitioners and no official database tracking the sector's growth.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

She said a federal immigration database the Department of Homeland Security was compiling to determine voter eligibility violated privacy laws.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

To conduct the analysis, researchers used Epic Cosmos, a database containing more than 300 million electronic health records from over 1,850 hospitals, including more than one-third of US transplant centers.

From Science Daily • Jul. 1, 2026

The initiative "venezuelatebusca.com," a database launched to help find friends and relatives lost since the earthquakes, reports more than 46,000 missing.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

The visor presented me with a three-dimensional view of the Sixers’ database, with dozens of overlapping data windows suspended in front of me.

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




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