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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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The database could also improve scientists' ability to interpret the history recorded inside meteorites and asteroid fragments.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

In the U.S., incidents in the cargo hold have risen 40% between 2021 and 2025, according to the Thermal Runaway Incident Program database.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The U.S. has a tax treaty with Spain but not with Argentina, according to an IRS database.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Their work also includes comparing a spreadsheet of 175,000 voters with a commercial database to see, among other things, if they are still alive.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The local police department’s call database for August 17 lists an unfounded complaint about a Windsurfer in the vicinity.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

His argument: Rival software companies were at risk to AI while the role of handling client databases and key business functions—presumably IBM’s role—would remain valuable in the years to come.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Elsewhere, the conversation drifts into questions about public-records databases, investigative reporting, grant applications, and the ways institutions classify professional expertise.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Earlier work from Alder's laboratory had identified frequent mutations in a telomere binding protein called TPP1 while analyzing cancer mutation databases.

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 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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