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October 11, 2008    DOL Home > Search / A to Z Index > Search Help > Requiring Terms   

Requiring Terms

If you are searching for many terms but one is vital to the search, you can use the plus sign to require that term to appear in returned documents.

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Use a plus sign immediately before a word or phrase to require the word or phrase in relevant documents. Documents with optional words have higher scores than documents containing only the required word. For example, to find pages that contain the word leave and possibly the phrase jury duty, enter:



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