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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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She adds that Oracle continues to see strong demand for its compute and database services.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Back in February we showed that this has been pretty much the case going back since the 1920s, using the famous database of stock market performance managed by Dartmouth finance professor Ken French.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

The UK government plans to create greater protections for people renovating their homes against 'cowboy builders', through a new database of trusted traders and a payment system offering more safeguards.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

To investigate, the researchers analyzed information from more than 270,000 participants in the UK Biobank, a large research database containing health and genetic data from people in the United Kingdom.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

It took her less than two minutes to reach the database for attorney assignments.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The finding suggests that unconventional sources can help fill major information gaps, especially in countries where formal biodiversity databases are still limited.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

So her personal information, spread over multiple government databases, is messy, incomplete, often contradictory and may even have been inadvertently combined with others who share her name.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Contact details, vehicle registrations and postcodes were stolen in the breach that appears to have accessed databases containing wi-fi log in and car parking details.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The numbers can be found in federal databases and are tracked, for example, by the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Blue Team had their databases and matrixes and methodologies for systematically understanding the intentions and capabilities of the enemy.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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