as in information
a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer
All of our customers' information was kept in a database. an online database
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Recent Examples of databases
Online databases show he may be connected to high-speed police chase in New York.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
State Medicaid agencies use databases maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security to verify enrollees’ immigration status.
—Kff Health News, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
The startup has built a unified real-time orchestration layer that manages all the different things the AI needs to do at once, such as listening, understanding what’s being said, deciding how to respond, checking databases, and delivering an answer.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, and the Department of State, are directed to provide states with access to databases that can verify the eligibility and citizenship of individuals registering to vote.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Researchers have built up several databases of these DNA barcodes that collectively contain millions of characteristic DNA sequences.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Her career began helping physicians through the early complexities of digital databases in the absence of information technology departments.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Prosecutors accused Farzam of using an alias to fraudulently access the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, a vast computer network that connects state public safety agencies to databases for criminal histories, vehicle and driver records and other sensitive information.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
This app housed many databases of WhatsApp numbers actively in use.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
State Medicaid agencies use databases maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security to verify enrollees’ immigration status.
—Kff Health News, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
The startup has built a unified real-time orchestration layer that manages all the different things the AI needs to do at once, such as listening, understanding what’s being said, deciding how to respond, checking databases, and delivering an answer.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, and the Department of State, are directed to provide states with access to databases that can verify the eligibility and citizenship of individuals registering to vote.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Researchers have built up several databases of these DNA barcodes that collectively contain millions of characteristic DNA sequences.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Her career began helping physicians through the early complexities of digital databases in the absence of information technology departments.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Prosecutors accused Farzam of using an alias to fraudulently access the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, a vast computer network that connects state public safety agencies to databases for criminal histories, vehicle and driver records and other sensitive information.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
This app housed many databases of WhatsApp numbers actively in use.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for databases
Noun
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Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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This story has been updated with additional information.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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While Grokipedia is dwarfed by Wikipedia’s more than 7 million English-language articles, Musk said in a post on his social media platform X that Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth, and accuracy.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Databases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/databases. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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