(Sorry for sending this with the wrong subject earlier.)

How can I search for a term except when it's part of certain phrases?

For example, I might want to find documents mentioning "pepper" where it is
not part of the phrases "chili pepper", "hot pepper", or "pepper sauce".

It does not work to search for [pepper NOT ("chili pepper" OR "hot pepper"
OR "pepper sauce")] because that excludes all documents which mention
"chili pepper" even if they also mention "black pepper" or the unmodified
word "pepper". Maybe some way using synonyms?

Thanks!

             -s

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