search engine
noun
: computer software used to search data (such as text or a database) for specified information
also
: a site on the World Wide Web that uses such software to locate key words in other sites
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Google, for gosh sakes, didn’t even invent the internet search engine.
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Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The Microsoft search engine indexed the pages when they were published publicly, and never bothered to remove the entries once the pages were changed to private on GitHub.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
The source code shows that the site’s canonical tags direct search engines to x.com rather than DOGE.gov.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
Try these search experiments with other topics and search engines.
—Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
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Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The Microsoft search engine indexed the pages when they were published publicly, and never bothered to remove the entries once the pages were changed to private on GitHub.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
The source code shows that the site’s canonical tags direct search engines to x.com rather than DOGE.gov.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
Try these search experiments with other topics and search engines.
—Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for search engine
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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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