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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Based on that database, they found that among the cities that they looked into, St. Louis saw the smallest increase in relative home prices, as detailed in the chart above.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

The Miami-Dade County court case database confirmed that Lavandeira filed a petition for temporary custody on Aug. 7.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

But the federal government doesn’t possess a comprehensive database of citizens, and efforts to match different data sets have so far yielded inaccurate results.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Regional officials maintain a database of missing people dating back to 1925.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The visor presented me with a three-dimensional view of the Sixers’ database, with dozens of overlapping data windows suspended in front of me.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The lab, housed in an unmarked office in a D.C. suburb, had access to the government’s most sensitive databases, from suspicious activity reports to arrest records.

From Salon Aug. 15, 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

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

Of these, nine had distinct patterns of small mutations that the researchers could 'not find in any databases or in the literature.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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