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Google Advanced Search & Google Shortcuts: How to use it

Take advantage of Google's Advanced Search which will focus your search precisely on the subject, sources, date, and format of the information you're seeking.

When Lots of Words are Missing

If it’s the lengthier half of the phrase you can’t remember rather than a single key word, try writing out the first and last words and putting AROUND + (the approximate number of missing words) between them. For example, I wandered AROUND(4) cloud.