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Word variants – using wildcards

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Wildcards

Use wildcards to find variant spellings of a term * replaces one or more characters

patent* finds: patent, patents, patentable, patented

? replaces one character ne?t finds: neat, nest and next fib?? finds : fiber and fibre

Wildcards may be combined: wom?n* finds: woman, women, women’s and

womanhood

* replaces 1 or more characters

Valid*

? replaces one character

f?rm

Sometimes wildcards are not needed:

Variant spellings are searched automatically:

labor finds labor and labour

labour finds labor and labour Entering a term in the singular will automatically

also find the plural (but not the other way round)

pattern finds pattern and patterns

woman finds woman and women

labor market