data mining
noun
: the practice of searching through large amounts of computerized data to find useful patterns or trends
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This is nothing more than classic data mining in my opinion.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Democrats and Republicans are working together on three bills to protect children from inappropriate material and data mining on the internet, and that worries Marilyn Rodriguez.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
Using data mining techniques and cartography, the team identified meteorological causes and connected them to incidents using geographical and social science methods.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Additionally, a company representative confirmed that TunnelBear VPN's only revenue source is subscriptions, not data mining or ad retargeting.
—PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Democrats and Republicans are working together on three bills to protect children from inappropriate material and data mining on the internet, and that worries Marilyn Rodriguez.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
Using data mining techniques and cartography, the team identified meteorological causes and connected them to incidents using geographical and social science methods.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Additionally, a company representative confirmed that TunnelBear VPN's only revenue source is subscriptions, not data mining or ad retargeting.
—PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
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“Data mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data%20mining. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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