Why don't my URLs appear on Google without a SITE: search?

The page being crawled or showing in a site search doesn't always mean Google has decided to include it in the normal results. You can check the canonical, internal links and whether those pages are getting any impressions.

if it shows with site:, it's likely indexed but not ranking for your target terms. word count and high DR don't guarantee anything. relevance, intent, and originality matter more. AI content isn't automatically bad, but generic stuff can struggle.

i would check Search Console first, then focus on improving the page instead of worrying about site:.

A site result mainly shows that Google has indexed the URL. It doesn’t mean Google considers the page strong enough to rank for relevant queries. High DR and 2,200 words alone don’t guarantee rankings relevance, content quality, internal links, backlinks, competition and search intent all matter.