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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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There have been around 1,300 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which more than 260 resulted in death, according to a database of their encounters with humans.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

These included the eQTLGen database, which contains information from 31,684 mostly White men and women, and the Complex Traits Genetics group database, which includes 205,327 mostly White men.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

The solicitation, prepared in response to a federal court ruling, seeks applicants to run the homelessness database and housing matching system, conduct the annual homeless count and submit the annual application for U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Back in February we showed that this has been pretty much the case going back since the 1920s, using the famous database of stock market performance managed by Dartmouth finance professor Ken French.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

He really would have to put together a database of witty responses for occasions such as this.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Contact details, vehicle registrations and postcodes were stolen in the breach that appears to have accessed databases containing wi-fi log in and car parking details.

From BBC Sep. 2, 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

District Attorney Nathan Hochman launched an investigation using law-enforcement databases with records of virtually everyone the county had prosecuted since the 1960s, including juveniles whose files had been scrubbed from the probation department.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

They then compared those samples with genomic databases containing thousands of DNA samples from dozens of present-day human populations.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

He accessed pet store databases to get a list of anyone who made regular purchases of dog food over the past few years.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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