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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Microsoft's panel of 21 U.S. and U.K. doctors had a median of 12 years of experience but were not allowed to use search engines, language models or other sources of medical information when interacting with SDBench.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Indeed is one of the world's largest job search engines, aggregating millions of job openings from employer sites, job boards and recruiters.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Another notebook contained lists of search engines for researching people’s personal information.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Google did organize the internet, the world’s information, and a lot of these AI search engines are not really doing that themselves.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Indeed is one of the world's largest job search engines, aggregating millions of job openings from employer sites, job boards and recruiters.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Another notebook contained lists of search engines for researching people’s personal information.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Google did organize the internet, the world’s information, and a lot of these AI search engines are not really doing that themselves.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 June 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 5 Jul. 2025.
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