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search engine

[surch en-juhn] / ˈsɜrtʃ ˌɛn dʒən /
NOUN
computer program that searches
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Perhaps its best business has been collecting over $20 billion annually from Google to make the search engine the default in Apple’s Safari browser.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Through the 2010s, Google was working on machine-learning solutions to improve the accuracy of its search engine.

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 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

The cursor blinked on the internet search engine screen, awaiting my instructions.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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