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% Boolean AND NOT

The percent sign (%) serves as the Boolean AND NOT operator. Using the AND NOT operator creates a working set of headlines that meets one criterion while eliminating headlines that meet a second criterion (if both criteria are met, the headline is eliminated from the working set). For example, the following query,

/Beijing%China

returns any headline that contains the word Beijing and eliminates from the working set all headlines that also contain the word China.