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Tip #7: The Minus Sign, - (Boolean Operators, part 2)

Tips: Basics | "1" | (2) | 3=OR | 4=site | 5=filetype | +6 | -7 | ~8 |
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Use the minus sign to exclude terms from your results that represent a clustering of irrelevant results.

Use this symbol directly before the term to be searched with no intervening spaces.


Examples (compare each pair of results):

Tips: Basics | "1" | (2) | 3=OR | 4=site | 5=filetype | +6 | -7 | ~8 |
More Tips (Refinements): Compare | Truncate | Terms | Quality | Features | Features 2 | Expert | Redux

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"There never was an Eden without its serpent," sighed Thaddeus. "I don't exactly like the idea of fitting our rules to their idiosyncrasies." "It isn't that, dear. I don't want that, either; but neither do we wish to unnecessarily hamper them in their work by demanding that they shall do it our way." -- Bangs, John Kendrick. "The Emancipation of Thaddeus." Paste Jewels. URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4930
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