A: Which words ranked highest for Google Taiwan’s most searched words of 2024?
B: No. 5 to 1 are: “US presidential election,” “Olympics,” “Ko Wen-je,” “typhoon” and “earthquake.”
A: I heard that Google also released a list of most searched word meanings.
Photo: AP 照片：美聯社
B: Yeah, the most popular searches included “M3,” “APT” and “release without bail.”
A: Let me google their meanings now.
A: Google 2024 台灣搜尋排行榜，前幾名是什麼？
B: 第5至1名是︰「美國總統大選」、「奧運」、「柯文哲」、「颱風」、「地震」！
A: 我聽說Google還有一個搜尋字義的排行榜。
B: 對啊前幾名是︰「M3」、「APT」、「無保請回」。
A: 讓我搜尋一下他們是什麼意思。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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