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semantic search

Semantic search retrieves by meaning (often via embeddings), not only keyword overlap.

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semantic search shows up constantly when teams ship LLM features. Practically, it influences how you design prompts, evaluate quality, and reason about failure modes. Teams should document how semantic search manifests in their stack—data handling, evaluation, and runtime guardrails—and revisit assumptions as models update.

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