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2 Wildcards Wildcards (such as *, ?) are helpful to find word variants  [ * ] replaces 0 or more characters, e.g. at the end of a word (patent* = patent, patents, patentable, patented)  [ ? ] replaces 0 or 1 character and can be used to search with both British and American word forms (organi?ation = organisation, organization)  combinations are also possible (wom?n* = woman, women, women’s and womanhood)

3 Please note: wildcards do not work well in Basic Search

4 * substitutes for 0, 1 or more characters child* Can be used at the end of a search term

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6 * can also be used within a word behavio*r

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8 ? Substitutes for 0, 1 or more characters Wildcards can also be used in combination wom?n*

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