database

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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 database In the year leading up to the attacks, 253 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, according to a database kept by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025 While immediate action was taken to secure the database, the implications of the breach may persist. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2025 Friedman included a recent version of the lengthy database in his public ruling, which can be accessed on the federal court system's website. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2025 Irina Manta, a law professor at Hofstra University, began building a database of denaturalization cases. Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for database 

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“Database.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/database. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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