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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This may be analogous to the race for search engine supremacy in the 90’s.
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Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Morgan Stanley upgrades Semrush to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the search engine marketing company is well positioned.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
The search engine ranked No. 8, with 1,058 H-1Bs.
Capgemini.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Though Ferrell finds friends (and marks) on Myspace, she can also be thwarted by a search engine, and becomes an early target of a full-scale Twitter harassment campaign.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Morgan Stanley upgrades Semrush to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the search engine marketing company is well positioned.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
The search engine ranked No. 8, with 1,058 H-1Bs.
Capgemini.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Though Ferrell finds friends (and marks) on Myspace, she can also be thwarted by a search engine, and becomes an early target of a full-scale Twitter harassment campaign.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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