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  "id": "weakand",
  "kind": "Artifact",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
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      "label": "Vespa weakAnd documentation",
      "type": "officialHomepage",
      "url": "https://docs.vespa.ai/en/reference/query-language-reference.html#weakand"
    }
  ],
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T21:39:00Z",
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  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
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    {
      "note": "weakAnd is a Vespa query operator; WAND is an algorithmic dynamic-pruning method.",
      "target": "wand",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
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      "type": "related"
    },
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      "target": "wand",
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "weakAnd is product-specific terminology. Vespa also exposes a distinct wand operator with different input and retrieval characteristics. weakAnd should therefore not be used as a general synonym for WAND.",
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