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Combining search terms

  • cybersecurity AND AI — both terms must be present
  • construction OR building — either term can be present
  • software NOT hardware — exclude hardware results
  • (AI OR "artificial intelligence") AND security — grouped conditions
NOT must follow a positive clause. For example, use ("cybersecurity" AND "AI") AND NOT "project management" — not NOT alone inside an OR group.

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Finding similar words

  • cyber* — matches cybersecurity, cybernetics, etc.
  • construct~ — fuzzy match for construct, construction, etc.
  • governm~1 — fuzzy match with edit distance of 1
  • *security* — matches any word containing “security”

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Searching specific fields

  • title:"construction services" — search only in titles
  • summary:cybersecurity — search only in summaries
  • agency:"Department of Defense" — search specific agency
  • title:construction AND summary:government — multiple fields

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Numbers and dates

  • value:[100000 TO 500000] — contract value range
  • date:[2024-01-01 TO 2024-12-31] — date range
  • value:>1000000 — greater than a specific value
  • due_date:[NOW TO +30DAYS] — due within 30 days

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Exact phrases and proximity

  • "artificial intelligence" — exact phrase match
  • "cybersecurity"~5 — terms within 5 words of each other
  • "government contract"~2 — phrase with word variations
  • "AI solutions" AND "cybersecurity"~10 — combined proximity

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Escaping special characters

The following characters must be escaped with backslashes when used in searches: {, }, [, ], :, <, >, +, - Examples:
  • Use C\+\+ instead of C++
  • Use \[2024\] instead of [2024]
  • Use \{contract\} instead of {contract}

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Worked examples

GoalQuery
AI and cybersecurity, exclude PM roles("cybersecurity" AND "AI") AND NOT "project management"
Construction for government or federal"construction" AND ("government" OR "federal")
Healthcare software, no hardware"software" AND "healthcare" AND NOT "hardware"
Cloud security from DoDagency:"Department of Defense" AND ("cloud" OR "cybersecurity")
High-value contracts due soonvalue:>1000000 AND due_date:[NOW TO +30DAYS]
Title-only exact phrasetitle:"IT support services"

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