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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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It is, admittedly, easier to stage a photo opportunity around a basket of fries than a database of food-traceability records.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

But you’ve already answered, so they will make a note in the database that yours is an active number.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

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 can also be misconfigurations -- for instance, if someone has used the same password for multiple services, or hasn't configured a database properly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

What he was building, in those nights in the storerooms, was a kind of database in his unconscious.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Researchers hope the databases created using the digitised text -- which he likens to a kind of "huge Facebook of the past" -- could help bring to light links between people, places and ideas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Just as Bod’s name was not to be found on the school databases.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman


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