How to Use database in a Sentence
database
noun- All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
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At least one database has gone offline.
—Asra Q. Nomani , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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They can’t be leaked in database breaches.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
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Those samples were added to that database.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
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There is also an option to watch films for free via the database.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
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Authors scrambled to check to see if their works were in the databases.
—Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
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Now, the lub-dub is drawn from a database of real human hearts.
—Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
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Yahsir's name did not show up in an online database of court records.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2023
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The database breaks down how many are arrested per state.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Feb. 2026
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The full list is published as a searchable database.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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And of course, databases are central to the vision.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
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That way, their rules aren’t hidden in a private database.
—Jan Liphardt, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Lyons told him there is no database for protesters.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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And the database is far from exhaustive.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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The front-end team sees that their interface is slow because of database queries.
—Mudit Singh, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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This database work, when given to humans, often takes hours if not days.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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No database lists Herman’s death.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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When that profile was entered into a database, a match was found.
—Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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But somewhere, your birthday may already be flagged in a database.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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The school will create an online, searchable database for the case.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
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The school will create an online, searchable database for the case.
—Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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Scammers use these same databases to find and target victims.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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This database—large enough to be measured in petabytes—is made freely available for research.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
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Coglianese says his own database now tracks over 3,000 uses.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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These are free, publicly available databases.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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The database was not protected by a password.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
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The state wage-theft database only indicated the date when the case was first opened.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 15 July 2024
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Again, no such person exists in the Yad Vashem database.
—Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
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To produce these designs, the couple start with a database of thousands of plant species.
—Time, 3 Jan. 2023
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The auto club also maintains a database where day-to-day price reports are tracked.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 1 May 2026
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