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Zvone, a police inspector, examines security footage and an automobile database to create a list of citizens with access to the make and model of a car seen near the scene of the crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
As Sheeran's case was dealt with under the Single Justice Procedure system, it could be sent to any magistrates' court regardless of the location of the offence, based on a national database.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Internal records from a mailing list exchange database, which details how often and for what purpose organizations use mailing lists of potential donors, shows a shift in FLAG’s emphasis.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Combs is expected to be released from prison on Jan. 24, 2028, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database confirms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Surely the clinic had some kind of database of patient records.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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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
Despite a total population of just over six million people, the Baltic states possessed around 33,000 startups last year, according to data from Lursoft IT, a Latvian company specialising in business and financial databases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
These kinds of investigators often use public records, databases, address histories and people-finder services.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 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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