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> Oh what a dream if that were true! Instead, every year, the 'synonyms' get broader and broader. To me it looks like they're using synonyms of synonyms (of synonyms).

Forget about synonyms of synonyms - I've seen antonyms bolded as matches in google search results. I have to imagine I'm not the only one.

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I've also seen a few cases where it decided to cross out the word "not", basically inverting all the results.

Google has slashed one term in my two word query. The results of this 50% query reduction, predictably, were complete trash.

Searching "how to do X on Linux" reliably returns "how to do X on Windows" and vice versa.

There seems to be a part of algorithm smart enough to figure out that both Linux and Windows are operating systems, but not smart enough to realize that the difference usually matters a lot for the person asking the question.

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