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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Shanahan was holding and using a cellphone at the time of the crash but was not at fault, according to the California Crash Reporting System, a statewide database of collisions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

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

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

In their new study, he and his colleagues used a global database of birdsong - recordings uploaded by thousands of volunteers.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

He tried without success to get into archive editions of Forverts, but seeing as he had no Yiddish and limited ability to access any kind of database, he quickly exhausted his search.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

His argument: Rival software companies were at risk to AI while the role of handling client databases and key business functions—presumably IBM’s role—would remain valuable in the years to come.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Researchers have long attempted to organize common sense into databases.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country.

From BBC Jul. 2, 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

They don't seem to know much of anything about me, except that I'm young and that when they run my fingerprints they don't find a match in their databases.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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