detect

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Recent Examples of detect For example, all three major airports in the Washington, D.C. area saw records for the most firearms detected in a single year. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Samba, a yellow Labrador retriever from Colombia, completed 120 hours of training with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to detect nicotine oils and THC oils used in vape pens. Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025 Company leaders should outline clear steps for detecting, containing, and eradicating threats and periodically run through the plan with drills. William Jones, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025 The reason is that prevention guidelines haven’t historically recommended routine mammograms until women were at least into their 40s, so cancers occurring earlier would not have been detected through screening. Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for detect 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detect
Verb
  • Target is also where customers can find Tisdale's other Being Frenshe bodycare products.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Dropbox helps filmmakers and creative teams find, organize, and secure all the files that are important to any project.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Once your door is spotless, learn how to clean the shower door tracks and create a DIY glass-cleaning spray to prevent buildup.
    Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But her happy story quickly took a turn as the world learned more about her controversial journey to motherhood.
    Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The squadron is located at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, just outside of Denver.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The trailhead is located near the end of Comanche Mesa Road, across Highway FM 170 from the Lajitas General Store.
    Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Much to the amazement of the local populace, the eggs kept popping out—until it was discovered that the owner was writing the words and reinserting the eggs into the hapless hen’s cloaca.
    Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Let our people plant corn that was discovered in Colombia and feed the world.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • He’s got quite a fastball and has some creativity to him.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of taking a three-score lead in that game, the Lions failed to get a first down.
    Mike Sando, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Detect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detect. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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