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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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A spokesman for the company told the Daily Telegraph, external it no longer had any involvement in Israeli settlements and was wrongly included in the database.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Li made her mark by creating a database of millions of annotated images called ImageNet that was critical to modern AI development.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Press coverage of patents has steadily grown in the digital era, as the Patent Office’s online database helps enthusiasts and advocates monitor their areas of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The database notes show the entire history of my doomed electric blanket.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Echoing the findings of an earlier evaluation also ordered by Carter, Nardello & Co. found “a reporting environment that relies on numerous databases, self-reported information, manual data transfers, and decentralized reporting practices.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Together, these measurements created one of the most extensive databases on atherosclerosis assembled to date.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

ShinyHunters said it would give the bureau one week to correct or remove what it says are false allegations or they would publish the full databases.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an investigation using law-enforcement databases with records of virtually everyone the county had prosecuted since the 1960s, including juveniles whose files had been scrubbed from the probation department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Blue Team had their databases and matrixes and methodologies for systematically understanding the intentions and capabilities of the enemy.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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