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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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To find out, I analyzed my auditing firm’s database of stock market timers back to 1980.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

In addition to submitting the master grant application, those include maintaining a homeless database and conducting the annual count.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

It said it had begun its investigation to find out the identities of the two soldiers, and that anyone who is still missing a relative can search for their names in its database, external.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

As The Guardian put it, “people failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal.”

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Each in turn knelt respectfully and kissed the ring, transmitting their DNA to the worldwide immunity database in the Scythedom’s own special cloud separate and apart from the Thunderhead.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

For proof of concept, Quiñones proposed using a February 2021 public voter list he’d obtained for New Jersey and running it through HSI’s databases.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

They then compared those samples with genomic databases containing thousands of DNA samples from dozens of present-day human populations.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

The most recent awards call for contractors to help the agency geolocate individuals labeled as “extremists,” compile reports on individuals and cross-reference information with government databases, contracting documents show.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

“These databases and tracking devices are important tools for law enforcement to conduct lawful investigations,” Los Angeles County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Tucker and I had exhausted the library’s databases on Scarlet and McCoy, with no further clues about McCoy’s particular brand of psychosis.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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