search engine
noun
: computer software used to search data (such as text or a database) for specified information
also
: a site on the Internet that uses such software to locate key words in other sites
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The investment firm reiterated its buy rating on the Google search engine parent.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
What began as a bold idea has grown into a next-generation information and analytics platform that serves as part search engine, part verification hub, and part cognitive technology lab.
—William Jones, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Li co-founded Baidu in 2000 as a search engine but has since transformed the firm into one of China’s top full-stack AI companies, offering everything from chips and cloud infrastructure to models, agents, applications, and consumer products.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
And the search engine’s list of top 10 most Googled items is…certainly eclectic.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
What began as a bold idea has grown into a next-generation information and analytics platform that serves as part search engine, part verification hub, and part cognitive technology lab.
—William Jones, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Li co-founded Baidu in 2000 as a search engine but has since transformed the firm into one of China’s top full-stack AI companies, offering everything from chips and cloud infrastructure to models, agents, applications, and consumer products.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
And the search engine’s list of top 10 most Googled items is…certainly eclectic.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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