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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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The team also plans to assemble a detailed database of infrared fingerprints produced by different types of laboratory made cosmic dust.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

In the U.S., incidents in the cargo hold have risen 40% between 2021 and 2025, according to the Thermal Runaway Incident Program database.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The case was referred to police and the FBI tested a sample of applications and found that 91 out of 107 applications "returned no results in database checks".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Their work also includes comparing a spreadsheet of 175,000 voters with a commercial database to see, among other things, if they are still alive.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The office kept an electronic database of every voter and potential voter we encountered, and then those that it reached through regular mailers.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

“These databases will always lag behind innovation and can be easily circumvented and generate false positives that block legal designs and wrongly flag everyday makers,” she said at a Senate hearing this month.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

His argument: Rival software companies were at risk to AI while the role of handling client databases and key business functions—presumably IBM’s role—would remain valuable in the years to come.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

To investigate whether these amino acids affect longevity, the researchers analyzed health and genetic information from more than 270,000 participants enrolled in the UK Biobank, one of the world's largest long term health databases.

From Science Daily Jun. 15, 2026

Aviva may be the one modern Hebrew name that is ready to break out: it’s easy to pronounce, pretty, peppy, and suitably flexible. databases, here is a sampling of today’s high-end names.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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