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global search

noun

  1. a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 2018, Japanese billionaire and art collector Yusaku Maezawa launched a global search for eight artists to join him on a week-long lunar mission aboard SpaceX's Starship, the first civilian deep space flight.

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Meanwhile Google search corners an almost 90% share of the global search engine market as of October, according to Statcounter.

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And, you know, you’re doing this global search for actors and everything and the criteria is pretty specific.

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Here is Google using its command of search — it controls 91.5% of the global search market, according to Semrush — to intimidate publishers and the public alike by threatening to withhold news.

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And tech companies aren’t likely to let hundreds or even thousands of dollars of extra fees get in the way of their global search for the best workers.

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