dataset
noun
da·ta·set
ˈdā-tə-ˌset 
ˈda-,
also ˈdä-
variants
or less commonly data set
plural datasets also data sets
: a collection of data taken from a single source or intended for a single project
analyzed the dataset
If you're using a public dataset, make sure the data comes from a reliable source …—
Ben Dickson
Ben DicksonThe company is also … continuing to build its own dataset to improve its machine learning models.—Alexandra S. Levine
Alexandra S. LevineSince AIs need a data set to learn and recognize patterns, one major worry artists have is that their artwork is being used for AI learning, raising concerns of copyright infringement.—Daniel Salcedo Rubio
Daniel Salcedo RubioExamples of dataset in a Sentence
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By analyzing these two datasets, the team was able to observe a connection between high levels of environmental exposures and an increase in cases of respiratory viruses.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2025
Among the updates: a new service that provides ready-to-use datasets, including audio, video, images and text, to customers training their own models.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
However, the company said this issue was largely mitigated after a dataset that was accidentally omitted during training was restored.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 June 2025
By combining this data with a series of datasets on social adversity— including corruption, inequality, poverty and violence—Zettler and his colleagues have revealed that the environment in which people live may have a bearing on their personality traits.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2025
Among the updates: a new service that provides ready-to-use datasets, including audio, video, images and text, to customers training their own models.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
However, the company said this issue was largely mitigated after a dataset that was accidentally omitted during training was restored.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 June 2025
By combining this data with a series of datasets on social adversity— including corruption, inequality, poverty and violence—Zettler and his colleagues have revealed that the environment in which people live may have a bearing on their personality traits.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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