Example Sentences

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The researchers compared vehicle CO2 emissions data from 260 U.S. cities across the two databases.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

The other problem with their early effort is that the diagnostic agent required super-user access to apps, databases and APIs, the software that acts as a connective tissue between applications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

But when the team examined healthcare databases, they were surprised to find that something similar appeared to be going on in the human population.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

S&P Global—a provider of credit ratings for debt, proprietary databases on commodities, energy, and technology, as well as many other investor tools—wasn’t immune.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Of these, nine had distinct patterns of small mutations that the researchers could 'not find in any databases or in the literature.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann