Wildcards
Why use it?
Wildcards help find words with multiple spellings. This can be especially useful with words that have American or British spellings or singular vs plural.
Examples:
tires or tyres
labor or labour
woman or women
How it works:
Insert the wildcard symbol within the word where the difference in spelling exists and the database will retrieve the alternate spellings.
Example:
t*res
The * will find tires or tyres.
Wildcard symbols can vary, but the most common one is the asterisk * (Shift + 8) on your keyboard.
Variations: *, ?, $, !, #
Refer to the help guide of the search tool you are using to determine which wildcard symbol to use.
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