search engine

noun

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

Major Western internet services such as Google’s search engine, Facebook and Twitter aren’t accessible in the country unless government internet filters are bypassed. — Yoko Kubota, WSJ, "Microsoft’s Bing Search-Engine Service Interrupted in China," 24 Jan. 2019 According to airfare search engine Fareness, flights to the Mexican city on the Caribbean Sea are as low as $240 round-trip from cities like New York, Dallas, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and more between January and April 2019. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "12 Days of Deals: Fly to Cancún for $240 Round-Trip," 21 Dec. 2018 Most of these integration points, including one with Microsoft’s Bing search engine to allow sharing of searches with friends, were ostensibly shut down by Facebook in 2014, Papamiltiadis claimed. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Facebook “partner” arrangements: Are they as bad as they look?," 19 Dec. 2018 Google’s search engine, like most of its products, is free. — Bloomberg.com, "Google Should Be Worried About This Possible Missouri Lawsuit," 8 Mar. 2018 Fortunately or not, search engines are still struggling to provide a comprehensive list of shopping deals. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft Bing's Black Friday research tools are hit-and-miss," 16 Nov. 2018 The partnership with Google is expected to boost Google Shopping, a search engine for goods, and intensify the U.S. company’s domestic rivalry with Amazon, which has deployed more than 100,000 robots of its own around the globe. — Danielle Paquette, The Seattle Times, "Robots at Chinese e-commerce giant making workers obsolete," 10 Sep. 2018 Back in 2006, Google launched Google.cn, a version of its search engine for China that complied with local censorship regulations. — Shirin Ghaffary, Recode, "Everything you need to know about Google’s controversial China plans in advance of today’s congressional hearing," 11 Dec. 2018 Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine. — Fox News, "Google is fined $5 billion by EU in Android antitrust case," 2 Oct. 2018

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