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Example of proximity search

Search for documents in which your keywords or phrase occurs within a certain proximity of another keyword or phrase.
To search for a word or phrase:

Within n words of another word/phrase

  • in any order, use /# (where # equals number)
    Example: "disclosure exception" /7 "negligence penalty"
    Finds: documents containing the phrase disclosure exception within 7 words of the phrase negligence penalty regardless of their order.
  • in exact order, use pre/# (where # equals number)
    Example: "depreciation deduction" pre/6 "straight-line method"
    Finds: documents containing the phrase depreciation deduction within 6 words of the phrase straight-line method, in that exact order.

Within the same sentence (20 words) as another word/phrase

  • in any order, use /s
    Example: "disclosure exception" /s "negligence penalty"
    Finds: documents containing the phrase disclosure exception within 20 words of the phrase negligence penalty regardless of their order.
  • in exact order, use pre/s
    Example: "depreciation deduction" pre/s "straight-line method"
    Finds: documents containing the phrase depreciation deduction within 20 words of the phrase straight-line method in that exact order.

Within one paragraph (50 words) of another word/phrase

  • in any order, use /p
    Example: "disclosure exception" /p "negligence penalty"
    Finds: documents containing the phrase disclosure exception within 50 words of the phrase negligence penalty regardless of their order.
  • in exact order, use pre/p
    Example: "depreciation deduction" pre/p "straight-line method"
    Finds: documents containing the phrase depreciation deduction within 50 words of the phrase straight-line method in that exact order.
Example of proximity search