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search engine

[surch en-juhn] / ˈsɜrtʃ ˌɛn dʒən /
NOUN
computer program that searches
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Only about half of all searches led to a click outside the search engine, Elliott said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

If school administrators activate Google Search, they can also turn on a “guided learning mode” that detects when a student is pasting schoolwork questions into the search engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Google’s advertising revenue during the latest quarter undershot investor expectations, raising worries that AI may be cannibalizing its search engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Google's omnipresent search engine now defaults to AI summaries of a person's query, and that hit the number of advertisements it was able to sell during the quarter.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s the part of the online world you don’t see, that no search engine will ever show you.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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