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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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The commission also said Coupang had "unlawfully collected the online activity records of about 11.17 million users on third-party websites and apps, and stored them in a database in a state that allowed individual identification".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

According to a database External link maintained by Stand.earth, an international environmental organization, 1,731 institutions with assets totaling about $41 trillion—including universities across the globe—have divested from fossil fuels in whole or in part.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Peña: I don’t think that it’s going to be a threat because it’s working off of a database and whatever has been uploaded onto that particular AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

That database can then be searched for communications on matters of national security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Typing my social security number and not finding my name in the database that evening was a weird sort of relief.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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