match any term
wilde verdict matches "wilde" or "verdict."
wildcards
crim* matches "crime" and "criminal".
s?t matches "sit" and "sat" but not "saat."
match all terms
+wilde +verdict matches paragraphs which contain both wilde and verdict.
match some terms
-wilde +verdict matches paragraphs which do not contain wilde but do contain verdict.
phrase
"at the witness box"
proximity search
"wilde queensberry"~10 matches paragraphs which contain the words wilde and queensberry no more than 10 words apart.
fuzzy search
persecution~ matches words which are similar to persecution.
persecution~0.9 matches words which are closer to persecution than persecution~0.1 would.
boolean
queensberry AND clarke finds paragraphs that contain both queensberry and clarke
grouping
(queensberry OR wilde) AND clarke