isearch-lazy-highlight-max-at-a-time

isearch-lazy-highlight-max-at-a-time is a variable defined in `isearch.el'.
Its value is

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• This variable is an alias for `lazy-highlight-max-at-a-time'.
• This variable is obsolete since 22.1;
  use `lazy-highlight-max-at-a-time' instead.

Documentation:
Maximum matches to highlight at a time (for `lazy-highlight').
Larger values may reduce Isearch's responsiveness to user input;
smaller values make matches highlight slowly.
A value of nil means highlight all matches.

You can customize this variable.