as in information
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
The new searchable databases work against those calls, encouraging Germans to look more closely at their own families’ association with Nazism and prompting fresh reflections on how ordinary citizens came to normalize extremism.
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Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
The number of dead was expected to climb, and people reported tens of thousands of missing on independent digital databases.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
But online databases say about 51,000 remain missing.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
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Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The main reason for the current CPU renaissance is that agentic AI systems perform many of those general-purpose tasks, such as browsing the web, managing files, and combing through databases.
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Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
The number of dead was expected to climb, and people reported tens of thousands of missing on independent digital databases.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
That model made sense when information asymmetry was real, industry databases were thin, founders raised locally and underwriting models were guarded like trade secrets.
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Peter Doyle,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Police eventually shifted through DNA databases to find a relative of Durisseau and eventually narrowed down on him as a possible suspect.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
The number of dead was expected to climb, and people reported tens of thousands of missing on independent digital databases.
—
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
But online databases say about 51,000 remain missing.
—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases being used by families searching for loved ones.
—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The main reason for the current CPU renaissance is that agentic AI systems perform many of those general-purpose tasks, such as browsing the web, managing files, and combing through databases.
—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
The number of dead was expected to climb, and people reported tens of thousands of missing on independent digital databases.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
That model made sense when information asymmetry was real, industry databases were thin, founders raised locally and underwriting models were guarded like trade secrets.
—
Peter Doyle,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Police eventually shifted through DNA databases to find a relative of Durisseau and eventually narrowed down on him as a possible suspect.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for databases
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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“Databases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/databases. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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