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Google returns pages that match variants of your search terms.
The query above finds pages that contain words that are similar to some or all of your search terms, e.g.,
“child,” “children,” or “children’s”
“bicycle,” “bicycles,” “bicycle’s,” “bicycling,” or “bicyclists”
“helmet” or “helmets”
Google calls this feature word variations or automatic stemming.
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