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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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The study, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed information from a large database of US adults ages 18 to 65 with Type 2 diabetes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

They are collecting samples from the 230,000 unidentified graves as well as conducting DNA analysis on 18,000 samples of remains and setting up a genetic database of their next of kin.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The City of Los Angeles applied for two of LAHSA’s functions, the homeless database and the matching system, but scored below Los Angeles County in both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

This comparison, however, is not perfect, as some of the ads in our database aren’t covered by their state’s law.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

By now, Sorrento would know I’d somehow gained access to the Sixers’ private database.

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

Open-weight models are also touted as more secure, a growing concern after several incidents of AI agents going rogue by hacking databases or otherwise doing things they were not supposed to do.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

All the more reason to pour cold water on outrageous claims about flagging little enzymes in huge databases.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The finding suggests that unconventional sources can help fill major information gaps, especially in countries where formal biodiversity databases are still limited.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

So her personal information, spread over multiple government databases, is messy, incomplete, often contradictory and may even have been inadvertently combined with others who share her name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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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