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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The searches showed Claude chats for which a user had decided to "share" a link had been saved by search engines like Google, leaving them accessible to the broader public.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Traditional means of information weren’t far behind search engines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimate that Americans value access to search engines, email and digital maps at roughly $30,000 a year, none of which shows up in income statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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
She’d shake her head in that grown-up way whenever students relied only on online search engines and online encyclopedias.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
