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The text search engine allows queries to be formed from arbitrary Boolean expressions containing the keywords AND, OR, and NOT, and grouped with parentheses. It does not recognize parts of words or such symbols as ? and * , which is a shame. One day I might figure out why! For example:
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- same as above
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