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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Hoping to attract steam engines and gunpowder manufacturers, Delaware’s leaders could scarcely have imagined that, a century later, the ‘Delaware Inc’ model would serve as the foundation for smartphones, search engines and electric cars.
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Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
In July, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told investors that the company is interested in becoming a go-to search engine itself.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Althea Soft conducted search engine analysis into the phobia between November 2022 and October 2024.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
According to Inman Grant, Pinterest described itself as a visual search engine.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
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Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
In July, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told investors that the company is interested in becoming a go-to search engine itself.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Althea Soft conducted search engine analysis into the phobia between November 2022 and October 2024.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
According to Inman Grant, Pinterest described itself as a visual search engine.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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