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Default Text "comparison" operator for "contains" used in an "IF" Function

I'm trying to use an "IF" function to look for a certain word in a string of
text. Is there a "contains" operator for this?

I tried using =if(A1="*example*","yes","no") but this does not seem to work.
 
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