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Jeff Shumway, the director of Utah’s new Office of Professional Licensure Review, cited data that showed Utah ranks far above the median for the number of reports to a national data bank for licensed mental health workers.
—Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
Schuyler County Sheriff Michael Maloney expressed regret over the failure of police to do their jobs, including not entering the couple’s names in the FBI’s national data bank.
—Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2023
Along with the incorporation of these robot officers, Dubai is also planning to adopt a series of other emerging crime solutions, such as a national DNA data bank.
—Amy Klinkhammer, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2017
Among those already in Perls’ BU data bank from a separate, ongoing study of people who live to 100, is Francis St. Germain Sr. of Medford.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1966, in the meaning defined above
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“Data bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data%20bank. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
data bank
noun
: database
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