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Search Operators

Search operators allow fine-grained control over your search queries.

Use uppercase

Search operators must always be uppercase, e.g. OR

Supported Operators

a AND b
Search results will contain both terms

a OR b
Search results will contain one or both terms

a AND NOT b
Search results will contain the first term and not the second term

a AND (b OR c)
Complex searches can be built using parentheses

“abc”
Search results will contain the exact phrase

“a”
Search results will contain exactly the term

abc*
Search results will contain terms that start with the characters

[abc]
Search results will contain the terms in proximity (within 30 words)

[abc]/N
Search results will contain the terms in proximity within N words

Boolean operators such as AND / OR cannot be used inside proximity or phrase searches. Wildcards (*) can be used in proximity searches.

Updated on August 13, 2020

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