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
Examples of search engine in a Sentence
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And Neeva, a search engine that leveraged gen AI, was famously acquired by Snowflake last year, doing a total 180 to focus on enterprise search instead.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
Edge, which is still a pretty decent browser, and Bing, which is a search engine, have much smaller slices of their respective markets.
—Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 21 Apr. 2024
Its revenue mostly comes through digital advertising sold through an internet empire that depends on its dominant search engine as its main pillar.
—Michael Liedtke, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
DuckDuckGo’s subscription service marks the first time the company has started charging for a product—its browser and search engine are free to use, and the firm makes its money from contextual ads.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
To better protect voters this election season, the company must create and enforce stricter requirements for its partnerships with developers that integrate OpenAI models into search engines—or any digital platform where voters may go to seek information on the ABCs of voting and elections.
—Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
The search engine also offers flight tracking and alerts.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
For instance, if a user enters basic election questions into a third-party search engine that cannibalizes OpenAI models, the answers can be rife with errors, outdated facts, and other blunders.
—Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Pop-ups and ads are snuffed out, and of course the DuckDuckGo search engine is built in, free of the Google trappings.
—David Nield, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
Edge, which is still a pretty decent browser, and Bing, which is a search engine, have much smaller slices of their respective markets.
—Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 21 Apr. 2024
Its revenue mostly comes through digital advertising sold through an internet empire that depends on its dominant search engine as its main pillar.
—Michael Liedtke, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
DuckDuckGo’s subscription service marks the first time the company has started charging for a product—its browser and search engine are free to use, and the firm makes its money from contextual ads.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
To better protect voters this election season, the company must create and enforce stricter requirements for its partnerships with developers that integrate OpenAI models into search engines—or any digital platform where voters may go to seek information on the ABCs of voting and elections.
—Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
The search engine also offers flight tracking and alerts.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
For instance, if a user enters basic election questions into a third-party search engine that cannibalizes OpenAI models, the answers can be rife with errors, outdated facts, and other blunders.
—Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Pop-ups and ads are snuffed out, and of course the DuckDuckGo search engine is built in, free of the Google trappings.
—David Nield, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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