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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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A digitalised, searchable database containing names and records related to an estimated 50,000-60,000 former informants is set to become available on a dedicated website on Wednesday morning.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Business-school professors Janet Gao of Georgetown, Jun Oh of Purdue and Joseph Pacelli of Harvard used AI to do a deep dive into an online database containing the résumés of 2.9 million American workers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

My team and I have assembled a research database to measure the social impact of our portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The information was put in a database named Icepick and shared through a website hosted by Distributed Denial of Secrets.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The BBC understands that the draft agreements will also include some references to UK involvement in defence cooperation schemes, access to law enforcement databases and some reassurances over the EU's "Made in Europe" plans.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The readers, which are typically mounted on patrol vehicles or light poles, work by continuously scanning license plates and checking them against vast databases of cars wanted in connection with crimes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

Together, these measurements created one of the most extensive databases on atherosclerosis assembled to date.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Similarly, there were no online databases to search, or field guides to borrow from public libraries.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman


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