database
noun
da·ta·base
ˈdā-tə-ˌbās 
ˈda-
also ˈdä-
computers
: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)
an online database
database
transitive verb
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All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
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Pennsylvania State Rep, Morgan Cephas said those body shops will have to register in a database with PennDot to ensure authorities have the correct contact information.
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Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The app, launched in November, allowed users, including federal agents and local police, to use facial recognition databases held by CBP and ICE to identify those without legal status.
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According to a survey done by EWG’s Skin Deep database, more than 3,000 products contain talc as an ingredient, with almost 60% of those being powder products.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2025
In April 2025, a team led by sociologist Cary Wu published a study in Preventive Medicine Reports assembling a cross-verified database of 130 suicides in China’s scientific community between 1992 and 2024, based on media reports.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
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Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The app, launched in November, allowed users, including federal agents and local police, to use facial recognition databases held by CBP and ICE to identify those without legal status.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
According to a survey done by EWG’s Skin Deep database, more than 3,000 products contain talc as an ingredient, with almost 60% of those being powder products.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2025
In April 2025, a team led by sociologist Cary Wu published a study in Preventive Medicine Reports assembling a cross-verified database of 130 suicides in China’s scientific community between 1992 and 2024, based on media reports.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
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database
noun
da·ta·base
ˈdāt-ə-ˌbās
ˈdat-
also ˈdät-
: a collection of data that is organized especially to be used by a computer
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