data bank

noun

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Hallucinations can happen at each step throughout an AI model’s thinking process, particularly when prompts require information outside of a model’s data bank. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 The Department of Homeland Security is joining with the Department of Government Efficiency to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank. Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2025 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 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 Sep. 2025.

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