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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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He bought subscriptions to Ancestry.com and another personal information database.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

"What we also have is the ability to put those images through facial recognition, if the suspect is on a database, we're able to identify them."

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The earlier results suggested that a high dose of the therapy slowed disease progression by 75% compared with a historical database of patients.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The breakthrough came while paleontologists Oscar Castillo and Jesús Serrano were building a database of fossils from the lithographic limestones of Montsec held in Catalan and European museums.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

All these origins of complex societies give us a rich database for understanding their development.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Sutherland said they also considered using genetic genealogy, databases of people who had voluntarily given DNA to trace relatives and family histories, but that was not usually allowed in the UK.

From BBC Sep. 17, 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

The numbers can be found in federal databases and are tracked, for example, by the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

From MarketWatch 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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