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[kee-wurd] / ˈkiˌwɜrd /


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The company’s lighter flash models power AI Overviews and AI Mode, which allow search-engine users to perform complex queries in natural language — far surpassing the keyword matching and ranking techniques of previous generations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

In one test, participants listened to lists of related words that were connected by a theme, but the central keyword tying them together was never spoken.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Their full names were available Sunday afternoon in the Justice Department’s keyword search, along with personally identifying details that make them readily traceable, including home addresses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

The company said at the time it had "strengthened its keyword blacklist to further prevent attempted circumvention of product listing restrictions by sellers".

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

Like a keyword, it unlocks part of her cipher.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Many brands and sellers compete on Amazon to place Sponsored Product ads and Sponsored Brands ads when consumer search for products using keywords on Amazon's e-commerce platform.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The basic rules: Look for keywords in what a user has typed, find associated rules and return some mixture of scripted words and rearranged input.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The experience showed her “there is demand for presenting yourself virtually and there’s a way to convey your cover-letter materials” that can get past new filters for job applications, which are fixated on certain keywords.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Searching popular keywords like "citywalk" on the app brought up itineraries for the day, including where to eat and convenient routes from one attraction to another.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

She was about to search with different keywords when she saw a link to a map of sites referenced in The Maltese Falcon as well as places Dashiell Hammett had lived.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman


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