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title: Nested query
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# Nested query
A {doctitle} is a recursive [Coveo query syntax](https://docs.coveo.com/en/181/) expression which is used to perform a [query](https://docs.coveo.com/en/231/) on a subset of results obtained from another (possibly nested) query.