How to Use database in a Sentence

database

noun
Definition of databasenext
Synonyms for databasenext
  • All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
  • About six years ago, the database of its core shoppers, who typically stayed with the brand for 18 years, was shrinking.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • There have been more shootings than any other January on the database’s records, which go back to 2014.
    — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Payscale, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter and other websites offer free databases showing the pay for different roles in a wide range of industries.
    — Morgan Smith, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
  • However, the database clearly says that reported events are not necessarily linked to any treatments or vaccinations received.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And finally, through the FBIs database, there was a match.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
  • The photos are in the process of being removed from the training database, Thiel said.
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The state wage-theft database only indicated the date when the case was first opened.
    — Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 15 July 2024
  • Yahsir's name did not show up in an online database of court records.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2023
  • One flashpoint over the access rule is the steps that banks would have to take to consult the ownership database.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Hellman says the ink may now be in the database, which could help accurately date the diary.
    — Jacque Smith, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • There are more than 1,000 names in the database, and hundreds from just the last decade, but the questions remain the same: Why are young athletes still dying?
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In two of the past seven polls in the R.C.P. database, Biden’s economic approval has edged up into the forties.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023
  • The paper was uploaded to the preprint database arXiv, and has yet to be peer-reviewed.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2023
  • But so far, the state’s database includes only the number of acres needing restoration.
    — Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The network is reported to have a database of 2.7 million of these orphaned domains and runs tests to check which ones are best to use.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 8 June 2024
  • One post said the person had uploaded a large database of Ashkenazi Jews.
    — Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The Field Museum has a database where anyone can search the scientific name of a species.
    — Kate Linderman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Police killed the highest number of people on record last year, according to the database.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • The owner is responsible for the integrity of the data in that database.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Reform activists cheered the creation of the database, which is the first central statewide list of police discipline.
    — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The information is added to a database that can be used to match evidence in other crimes.
    — Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
  • His bond was set at $2 million on Friday, according to a court database.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 21 July 2023
  • Go deeper into our full database in the Axios Pro Deals Tracker.
    — Richard Collings, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
  • This time the researchers set up a separate database for each file, rather than one database with many files, as is the case in most data storage.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And many point to Polt and a few other diehards, like Ted Munk and his enormous database of machines, for inspiration.
    — cincinnati.com, 10 May 2023
  • When able, Susskind and her team will use a cemetery database to identify graves by their locations.
    — Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 3 July 2024
  • By last season, the percentage of shifts grew to about a third of all pitches, according to MLB's Statcast database.
    — USA Today, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In the meantime, a search of the nursing board’s online database shows Rupp-Jones’ license is active but includes a note that formal charges have been filed against her.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Trump was expected to be swabbed for DNA, which goes into a database and is required in the federal court system.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 June 2023

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