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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The new tool also takes on each respective brand’s tone of voice, which allows up to 40 words in its search engine.
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Truist analyst Youssef Squali, for one, on Monday reiterated his buy rating on Alphabet under the belief that the company is still winning in search, despite doubts about AI interrupting users' search engine behaviors.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
The company was later found to have made hundreds of thousands of chat transcripts accessible to search engines, often without permission.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Instead, the tech giant was barred from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize its search engine, browser or AI chatbot, while facing new requirements to share certain search index and user data with competitors.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Truist analyst Youssef Squali, for one, on Monday reiterated his buy rating on Alphabet under the belief that the company is still winning in search, despite doubts about AI interrupting users' search engine behaviors.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
The company was later found to have made hundreds of thousands of chat transcripts accessible to search engines, often without permission.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Instead, the tech giant was barred from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize its search engine, browser or AI chatbot, while facing new requirements to share certain search index and user data with competitors.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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