Search Syntax Cheat Sheet
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Example
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Description
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tree
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The simplest of all - only include content containing the word tree in the term titles, term content, tags or articles.
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tree AND flowers
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Restrict the search for content where both tree and flowers appear. The keyword
AND is optional.
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tree AND flowers OR Tom
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The restrictive AND takes precedence over the expanding OR - expect fewer results.
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(tree AND flowers) OR Tom
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The expanding OR takes precedence over the restrictive AND - more likely you will get greater results.
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tree OR flowers -green
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Trying to limit your contents to trees or flowers that are not
green?
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(Tom OR Jerry) -cartoon
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Include content where Tom or Jerry occurs but only if the term
cartoon does not occur.
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"this exact phrase"
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Find content containing this exact phrase -- make sure to enclose in ditto marks!
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+walk
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Searches for all content using the word walk but without other inflectional forms like walking
or walked.
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~flight
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Searches for all content using the thesaurus forms of the word flight.
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virt*
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Searches for all content including words beginning with virt like virtual or virtuous.
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<Tom Jerry>
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Searches for all content where Tom is in close proximity to the word Jerry.
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Hint: You can use the & symbol for the AND operator and the | symbol for the OR
operator in searches.
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