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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Much of this sits in federal databases, discharge paperwork, and public-facing records that data brokers have learned to scrape, package, and resell.
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Businesses remember the panic over what the Y2K millennium bug would mean for the technology and business databases and information.
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Mark Glaeser, a database researcher, posted about the filings on social media on Sunday.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
Like all sensible, forward-thinking clubs, Newcastle keep a database of potential managerial targets in case the worst happens, yet during a moment of trepidation, no approaches were made or feelers put out.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
Businesses remember the panic over what the Y2K millennium bug would mean for the technology and business databases and information.
—Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Mark Glaeser, a database researcher, posted about the filings on social media on Sunday.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
Like all sensible, forward-thinking clubs, Newcastle keep a database of potential managerial targets in case the worst happens, yet during a moment of trepidation, no approaches were made or feelers put out.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 May 2026
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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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