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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

The company also said it would require case codes for all database searches and reduce the default data-retention period from 30 to seven days.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

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

Computer keys are tapping on her end, probably correcting the entry or something in her database.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Still more leads came from running public voter rolls through the HSI lab’s databases, though it’s not clear how many.

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

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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