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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Last year, the company registered trademarks in 12 different product categories in Australia, according to a government intellectual property database.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s illegal for officers to access that database for non-official reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The information is stored in a database that can be queried by U.S. spooks and often goes into the President’s daily intelligence briefing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Andrew Carle, a consultant who runs UniversityRetirementCommunities.com, a database of college retirement communities, notes that colleges have lost 3 million traditional students in the last decade.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

He handed her the passport so she could check the spelling as she typed it into the database.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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