To me, the 700 soft limit seems absurd so I'm curious to hear how you interact with the product.
I average 50-100 searches per work day and 10-20 searcher per off day (totalling 1-2.5k per month). But I don't feel I'm using search in a particularly strange way.
For example, if I need to know how the new WidgetBean in SpringBoot works I'll usually end up making ~10 queries related to it before I move on to a new area of research.
E.g., I'll search "SpringBoot WidgetBean release notes" then "SpringBoot WidgetBean examples" or "WidgetBean test double", "WidgetBean in MockMvc test", "WidgetBean PowerMock known issues in MockMvc test", "WidgetBean FooService interation in MockMvc test SpringBoot 3".
Essentially, when I'm searching I go wide to survey the information landscape, then refine my search term as I discover what I actually need to know
This quickly balloons as I'm expected to know many things at $dayjob :)
What does it look like when you search?