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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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There are hundreds of facilities in the Van Nuys area alone, according to the state’s medical facility database.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Last year, the company registered trademarks in 12 different product categories in Australia, according to a government intellectual property database.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The information is stored in a database that can be queried by U.S. spooks and often goes into the President’s daily intelligence briefing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

To get a more accurate and comprehensive analysis of age-related disparities, the analysis starts by constructing a new dataset that links actual housing transactions in the CoreLogic Deeds database to ages in voter-registration records.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 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




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