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Example

One or More  Keywords

Enter the keywords with a space between them.

CNC Grinding

Returns items with all three words in the title in any order.

Items containing certain words in a particular order

Place quotation marks around the group of words

"Bridgeport Vertical Grinder"

Returns items with titles containing Bridgeport Vertical Grinder in that order only, but not those containing just Bridgeport or just Grinder or the words Vertical Grinder.

Items where one word or another must be present.

Enter keywords in parentheses separated by commas (no space after the commas)

(Lathe,CNC)

Returns items whose titles contain either the word purse or handbag.

Items that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters

Enter the letter sequence followed by an asterisk

Grind*

Returns items whose titles contain words starting with Grind, such as Grinders and Grinding.

Items that contain only a specific spelling of a word

Note: In some cases, we expands your search to include a plural and/or an alternate spelling of your search word(s). For example, if you were searching for book, you would receive search results with items containing the keyword book or the keyword books. Searching for grey would bring back items containing the keyword grey or the keyword gray. Use this command when you want an exact match.

Enter the keywords or phrases in quotes

"Tool"

Returns only items with the exact word Tool and not items with the word Tools.

Negative Searches

Items that don't contain a certain word

Place a minus sign immediately before the word to be excluded (no space after the minus sign)

Lathe -CNC

Returns items with titles containing the words Lathe but not containing the word CNC.

Items that don't contain several words

Place a minus sign before the list of words separated by commas (with no spaces after the minus sign and the commas) and put in parentheses

Grinder -(CNC,Bridgeport,Green)

or

Grinder -CNC -Bridgeport -Green

Returns items with titles containing the word Grinder but not containing the words CNC, Bridgeport and Green.