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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
Forbes also consults news reports and salary databases such as Capology, Over the Cap and Spotrac.
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Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Even so, building massive databases of people’s faces is profitable and useful for huge companies, and the downstream effects on individuals often aren’t part of the equation.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
The modular platform lets users snap together notes, projects, wikis, databases and more.
—Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
And data brokers refresh their databases constantly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
There is a real difference between general-purpose large language models like ChatGPT and Claude that have been trained on the open web, and industry-specific legal AI tools that are plugged into the same databases lawyers have been using for decades.
—Alexandra Smyth, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Then, after criminal DNA databases expanded in the early 2000s, investigators identified blood inside the KFC restaurant that matched Pinkerton and Hartsfield, according to Tanner and the Longview News-Journal.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
In 2003 Danish college student David Heinemeier Hansson used Ruby to create Ruby on Rails, an open-source, server-side web application framework used to quickly set up databases, web services, and Web pages.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
One of the sources told Reuters that even a temporary blocking of access to SSA databases could halt Social Security benefits to millions of Americans who rely on it.
—Nathan Layne and Tim Reid, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Even so, building massive databases of people’s faces is profitable and useful for huge companies, and the downstream effects on individuals often aren’t part of the equation.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
The modular platform lets users snap together notes, projects, wikis, databases and more.
—Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
And data brokers refresh their databases constantly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
There is a real difference between general-purpose large language models like ChatGPT and Claude that have been trained on the open web, and industry-specific legal AI tools that are plugged into the same databases lawyers have been using for decades.
—Alexandra Smyth, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Then, after criminal DNA databases expanded in the early 2000s, investigators identified blood inside the KFC restaurant that matched Pinkerton and Hartsfield, according to Tanner and the Longview News-Journal.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
In 2003 Danish college student David Heinemeier Hansson used Ruby to create Ruby on Rails, an open-source, server-side web application framework used to quickly set up databases, web services, and Web pages.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
One of the sources told Reuters that even a temporary blocking of access to SSA databases could halt Social Security benefits to millions of Americans who rely on it.
—Nathan Layne and Tim Reid, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for databases
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Investigators asked anyone with information about the attack to contact Escondido police at (760) 839-4722.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Scottsbluff Police Department for more information.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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Carusillo just experienced a media cancellation of sorts, a consequence of blithely recommending a beauty treatment in one of her articles that ended up putting influencers in the hospital.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Starting Tuesday, more than 650 long-form magazine articles will be available (in English) to Spotify users where audiobooks are available.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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“Databases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/databases. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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