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How aggressively a text search filters weak matches. The mode resolves to a BM-25 relevance floor: hits below it are dropped, so the caller gets a real answer or nothing.

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Values

NameValueDescription
SearchMode.Strict0High floor — only confident matches. Best for “does the document say X?”.
SearchMode.Balanced1Default floor — filters common-word-only noise, keeps genuine matches.
SearchMode.Lenient2No floor — always return the top results, however weak. Recall-first.