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OPERATOR |
EXAMPLE |
DESCRIPTION |
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! |
object! |
Search for words with multiple endings |
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* |
jur*r |
Search for words with variable characters |
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/p |
hearsay /p utterance |
The search terms must appear in the same paragraph |
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+p |
ti(burke +p burke) |
The first search term must precede the second term in the same paragraph |
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/s |
design /s defect |
Search terms must appear in the same sentence |
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+s |
attorney +s fee |
The first search term must precede the second term in the same sentence |
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/n |
personal /3 jurisdiction |
Search terms must appear within n terms of each other, where n is a number from 1 to 255 |
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+n |
elena +2 kagan |
The first search term must precede the second term by n terms, where n is a number from 1 to 255 |
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AND (&) |
narcotics & warrant |
Retrieve documents containing two or more search terms anywhere in the document |
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OR (space) |
attorney lawyer counsel |
Search for alternative terms |
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BUT NOT (%) |
“multiple chemical sensitivity” % to(413) |
Exclude documents that contain certain terms |
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atleastx |
atleast5(malpractice) |
Search term must appear in the results at least x number of times |