How to Use detection in a Sentence

detection

noun
  • I don't know how the errors managed to avoid detection for so long.
  • That’s where a mold detection dog comes in.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
  • Those detections would be just the start.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The late detection shocked her.
    Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But detection is just one half of the story.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And then there’s fraud detection.
    Miguel Eiras Antunes, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Many have audio detection and can stream live video.
    Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • That’s where a mold detection dog comes into play.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Early detection can save your life too.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The laser dirt detection lights up dirt, dust, and hair on hard floors for a more thorough clean.
    Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The aircraft flew low to avoid detection.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
  • For now, each detection depends on chance.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The way in which the detection is utilized is what makes things troubling.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • That’s a good reminder for all of us to brush up on our phishing detection skills.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Maksim wanted to take an even wider berth to avoid detection.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The rate of detections has been doubling about every two years.
    Imre Bartos, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The health agency tracks and reports flu detection in wild birds.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
  • One is for fraud detection, and one is for collections.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • What's the early detection of it?
    Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This is the first detection of hidden but bright quasars in the early universe.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This has led some to suggest such techniques could be applied to lie detection.
    Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The main thing is what happens with the AI detection.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • An infrared detection flight last night mapped the fire at 134 acres.
    Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Where does the legal sense of AI detection start and end?
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The more time that elapses between breach and detection, the higher the cost of a breach.
    Patrick Ostiguy, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Anomaly detection flags a runaway agent loop in hours rather than at quarter close.
    Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Newt began training as a gun detection dog.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The main thing is not AI detection of emotions.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Much of that toll could be reduced through sunscreen use and early detection.
    Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • The first detection tip is to pause the video at various points to look for the common signs of a fake video.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024

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