How to Use detect in a Sentence

detect

verb

• The test is used to detect the presence of alcohol in the blood.
• This type of cancer is difficult to detect in its early stages.
• The long-period comet has brightened since then, allowing telescope users to detect its unique hue.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
• But their prototype was able to detect lumps 15 millimeters deep.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023
• This smart humidifier is also app-enabled with features that detect the level of moisture in your space.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2024
• The village clinic is not equipped with oxygen tanks or even an oximeter to detect if someone’s blood is dangerously deprived of oxygen.
  — Olivia Wang, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• However, this echolocation is short-ranged and highly directional and can best detect large objects within only a few dozen feet.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
• Pattern recognition and other functionality can help detect when data is likely to be wrong.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• Every newborn in America has their heel pricked for a blood screening test shortly after birth to detect these genetic conditions.
  — George Stanley, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
• Take, for example, AI to detect and protect patient information in real time before it is transferred or stored.
  — George Murgatroyd, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• Bioluminescence is typically used to warn or evade predators, to lure or detect prey, and for communication between members of the same species.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• No cases of the new strain have been detected in the United States.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2024
• Of the three, cutaneous is the most common form detected both in the U.S. and around the world, Cama said.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2023
• The long-range weapons travel more than five times the speed of sound and are harder to detect and intercept.
  — Eve Brennan, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Mammograms detect four out of five types of breast cancer, but Munn's fell in the 20% missed.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
• This warming has been detected in both the atmosphere and the ocean.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• And the Equinox can detect many types of metal, including gold nuggets.
  — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
• The strips cannot detect how much fentanyl is present, and there may be some fentanyl analogues that the strips do not pick up.
  — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• It’s also supposed to detect fires as small as 5 x 5 meters (the size of a classroom).
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 16 Sep. 2024
• Customers who did not detect the smell of diesel should open all faucets, hot and cold, and leave them running for five minutes.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 July 2023
• Experts said a smartphone app that can help detect stroke symptoms is a great idea.
  — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• Since then, at least nine states have detected cow infections from the virus.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 May 2024
• When the weather is cold, and our lungs breathe in cold air, our body isn’t as sensitive in detecting the cold virus.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
• Rescue ships pinged the ocean with sonar in the hopes of detecting the shape of the vehicle, and listened for it with microphones.
  — WIRED, 22 June 2023
• The safety sensors can only detect weight over three pounds.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• But many other health threats that are out there, and the CDC is designed to be that asset for this country to detect and respond to threats.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Evidence of the testosterone surge from musth is can be detected in the blood and urine tests of living elephants.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 May 2023
• Those were the cosmic rays Hess detected, and are the ones most likely to show up in a museum cloud chamber.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2023
• Once the intent is detected, the response from the bot for each intent is crafted by a human.
  — Jonathan Rosenberg, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• When a weapon is detected, an alert is sent to a tablet monitored by a pair of NYPD officers.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 27 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024