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search engine

[surch en-juhn] / ˈsɜrtʃ ˌɛn dʒən /
NOUN
computer program that searches
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A June 2025 MIT paper mentioned by Fernandez studied a group of students writing the same essay, with one using an LLM, one using a search engine, and one using just their brain.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Other Chinese firms on the list include search engine platform Baidu, electric car marker Nio and aircraft manufacturer Comac.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The search engine and cloud computing company is expected to spend the money raised on building data centers that feature its own custom chips, which Broadcom helps design.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Whenever you use AI as a research assistant, subject-matter expert, or souped-up search engine, you need to grapple with the risk of hallucination—AI’s tendency to make up its own facts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

He went online, cranked up a search engine, started browsing.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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