search engine

Definition of search engine

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web The Chinese search engine giant is teaming up with Chinese automaker Geely to make electric vehicles. — Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, "Why Biden’s pick for ‘Asia czar’ may unsettle Beijing," 14 Jan. 2021 Digital marketers with experience in social media and search engine optimization are in demand. — Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com, "LinkedIn: Bay Area hiring for remote work remains strong," 12 Jan. 2021 Last year, Alphabet’s Wing, a sister unit of search engine Google, was the first company to get U.S. air carrier certification for a single-pilot drone operation. — NBC News, "U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people and at night," 29 Dec. 2020 An antitrust lawsuit against Google over its app store would mark a new attack against the search engine giant’s business practices. — Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com, "U.S. States Weighs New Google Suit Over App Store Fees," 19 Dec. 2020 Despite its apparent product superiority, Bing never won the search engine wars. — Popular Science, "Could Apple build a search engine that competes with Google?," 15 Dec. 2020 The suit follows a similar anti-trust action the government launched against search engine giant Google earlier this year. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "Federal government and 48 states file antitrust suit seeking to split up Facebook," 9 Dec. 2020 Elsewhere, ad-blocking company Ghostery is adding a layer of privacy to search, launching its own browser and search engine tool in the coming months that promise an ad-free, untracked existence online. — Brian Barrett, Wired, "Security News This Week: The Secret Service Is Investigating 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud," 21 Nov. 2020 Megan Gray, general counsel of rival search engine DuckDuckGo, said in an interview. — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, "Europe fined Google nearly $10 billion for antitrust violations, but little has changed," 10 Nov. 2020

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23 Jan 2021

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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 27 Jan. 2021.

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