databases

plural of database

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Recent Examples of databases Aguilar also testified that investigators searched federal and state computerized fingerprint databases without finding a match. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Financial transactions, patient records, ERP systems, order processing and identity infrastructure all run on databases. — Jim McGann, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026 When over half of shoppers intentionally provide proxy emails or fake numbers to avoid spam and data exposure, brands end up building marketing strategies on flawed, unresponsive databases while alienating distrustful consumers. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026 Ugreen says this capability adds the option for enterprise-class endurance and sustained write performance in the main storage bay, which would be beneficial for housing active project files, virtual machine storage, or databases. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026 Earlier in the month, a federal judge struck down the Justice Department's policy for reviewing state voter rolls against its own immigration databases. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 The facial recognition systems that law enforcement used searched databases and found matches that looked like the suspects. — Edward Longe, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026 The readers, which are typically mounted on patrol vehicles or light poles, work by continuously scanning license plates and checking them against vast databases of cars wanted in connection with crimes. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Internet databases have already begun referring to him in the past tense. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for databases
Noun
  • The company can also expect litigation from shareholders, and possible regulatory action, if Huang or the board held back material information from investors (Nvidia previously denied the allegations of an affair to media outlets).
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • This may be because there are many new hunters who either lack wilderness smarts or who have read articles in the magazines explaining how a man in the woods can find his way by taking bearings with a compass on top of a map.
    — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In September, Massie, who lost his primary race earlier this year after Trump endorsed an opponent, stood on the House floor for more than 67 minutes reading his sweeping 34-page resolution with eight articles of impeachment aloud.
    — Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Databases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/databases. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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