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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Irina Manta, a law professor at Hofstra University, began building a database of denaturalization cases.
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Each year, the Charlotte Observer updates its public pay database with the salaries for all CMS employees.
—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
The agency uses a combination of official sources, interviews with family members and news stories to put together its database.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
However, 6 million citizens have not updated their details on the government database as required by the new law.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Each year, the Charlotte Observer updates its public pay database with the salaries for all CMS employees.
—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
The agency uses a combination of official sources, interviews with family members and news stories to put together its database.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
However, 6 million citizens have not updated their details on the government database as required by the new law.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 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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