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search engine

[surch en-juhn] / ˈsɜrtʃ ˌɛn dʒən /
NOUN
computer program that searches
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“Google would argue that the search engine is in many ways the way people are accessing the language model and Gemini, right?”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The opposition publication Meduza in June analyzed data from Yandex, Russia’s main online search engine, and found a surge in queries about when the war would end.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The European Parliament just switched its default search provider to a French service, called Qwant, to reduce reliance on American technology — but the search engine turns to Microsoft Bing for much of its results.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

"The best products should succeed because they're better, not because they're owned by the company running the search engine," she said.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“It got a lot better after Jessie fiddled with it,” Angie said, pulling up the Internet search engine, which opened at once.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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