search engine
noun
a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.
search engines
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pluralof search engine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That law obliges companies classed as EU gatekeepers—like Google—to make it easier for rivals to compete with their widely popular services from search engines to app stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Some people have also switched from using traditional search engines to other AI chatbots, which produce answers to questions based on information they have scraped from existing websites.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Traditional means of information weren’t far behind search engines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
According to the research, this social aspect makes chatbots fundamentally different from tools like notebooks or search engines.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
I was sorry I hadn’t spoken up more forcefully about the risks of apartment hunting via search engines.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
