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search engine

[surch en-juhn] / ˈsɜrtʃ ˌɛn dʒən /
NOUN
computer program that searches
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There was the failed search engine, the closed charity, the cheap furniture line and the mortgage company launched right before the housing bubble burst.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

The search engine was also the top choice across all age groups, the survey found.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Stanford University coders behind the search engine, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, had initially called their project Backrub before renaming it Google—a play on googol, meaning one followed by 100 zeros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The Beijing-based search engine provider, sometimes called China's Google, has for years heralded the potential of AI in the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Once more I decide to type his name into a search engine, figuring there might be a few more articles about what he’s saying.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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