keyword
noun
a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
keywords
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pluralof keyword.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The experience showed her “there is demand for presenting yourself virtually and there’s a way to convey your cover-letter materials” that can get past new filters for job applications, which are fixated on certain keywords.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Searching popular keywords like "citywalk" on the app brought up itineraries for the day, including where to eat and convenient routes from one attraction to another.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Some downloads, it says, were coordinated among several Meta IP addresses, all based on the same algorithmic keywords and occurring simultaneously, suggesting that the infringements “took place within Meta’s walls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Still, she was surprised recently when she asked Claude to perform a simple task: adding keywords to the top of her résumé—and it responded by altering the document in multiple ways she hadn’t requested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
She was about to search with different keywords when she saw a link to a map of sites referenced in The Maltese Falcon as well as places Dashiell Hammett had lived.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
