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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Grocery and restaurant prices are 11.5% and 24.9% higher in New York City, respectively, according to cost-of-living database Numbeo.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Homeland Security has previously told news outlets it does not have a “domestic terrorist” database, but said it monitors incidents of “threats, assaults and obstruction” of its officers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The live database is limited and gives only a partial picture.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Buckley said prosecutors had obtained the phone numbers from a law-enforcement database and hadn’t intended to seek records of family members.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Here, ranked by frequency of mention, are the crime-drop explanations cited in articles published from 1991 to 2001 in the ten largest-circulation papers in the LexisNexis database.

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

The mobile number was then put through police intelligence databases, which revealed a single piece of intelligence dating back to 2018, linked to that number, but with no name attached.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Earlier work from Alder's laboratory had identified frequent mutations in a telomere binding protein called TPP1 while analyzing cancer mutation databases.

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 2026

Hotel owners rely on chains’ brand recognition, customer databases and marketing services.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

At a “20,000-foot level,” Hochman said, the databases available to his office suggested a vast majority of plaintiffs were never housed in the facilities where they said they were abused.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 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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