data bank

noun

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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 See all Example Sentences for data bank 

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First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of data bank was in 1966

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“Data bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data%20bank. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.

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