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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Forty-eight-year-old retailer Eszter Somfai had her home address shared online, after an internal party database with some 200,000 supporters' personal details was leaked last November.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“I’m sure in the database they have me at 5-11 and seven-eighths.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“We think Oracle should be one of the go-to investment names given its AI datacenter business and its core database business,” Moerdler wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

It was an extraordinary punishment, Clarke acknowledged — and the largest penalty imposed in any case in Charlotin’s database.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Surely the clinic had some kind of database of patient records.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng