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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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From this database we looked at most states and the top 30 metropolitan areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

It also cleared the way for the county to take over operation of the matching system and the homelessness database managed by LAHSA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Patent and Trademark Office database turns up more than seventeen thousand patents involving HeLa cells.

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

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

In another case, the audit found that a high-ranking law enforcement officer misused confidential databases to look up family members and other employees without legitimate business purposes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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

Of these, nine had distinct patterns of small mutations that the researchers could 'not find in any databases or in the literature.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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