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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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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

It’s illegal for officers to access that database for non-official reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

U.S. officials may with justification query the database and a U.S. citizen’s numbers may be pulled.

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

And that's because of this relational database thing.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements




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