as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
I can detect just a hint of lemon in the soup
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Recent Examples of detect
And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Some might also detect a faint tail appearing as a bit of an elongation of the comet's coma, but hardly the kind of tail or appendage exhibited by other larger and brighter comets.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
For instance, in 2017, Swiss researchers developed an eel-like robot called the Envirobot to detect contamination in bodies of water.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
In an environment full of dangers, natural selection favors those who can detect meaning from a plethora of extraneous information.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Some might also detect a faint tail appearing as a bit of an elongation of the comet's coma, but hardly the kind of tail or appendage exhibited by other larger and brighter comets.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
For instance, in 2017, Swiss researchers developed an eel-like robot called the Envirobot to detect contamination in bodies of water.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
In an environment full of dangers, natural selection favors those who can detect meaning from a plethora of extraneous information.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detect
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The typical price of a single-family home in the United States is about $368,000, jumping roughly 13% over the past 5 years and 38% over the last decade, the ABC News data team found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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And Sheen does find the words to tell more harrowing stories of addiction and excess that defined his Hollywood spiral.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Washington Examiner attended a press conference held by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Chia-lung Lin on Thursday, where the head diplomat expounded upon the lessons learned from observing the violence unfolding in Eastern Europe.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The duration of a root canal depends on where the affected tooth is located and the degree of the infection.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Because disc golf is so easy to play — and easy to locate on just a few acres — people keep building disc golf courses.—
Nate Heinold,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scientists studying this natural process discovered that the oyster adhesive creates a strong chemical interaction with surfaces and hardens quickly.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Avoiding new technology because it is assumed to be frustrating can keep employees from discovering tools that would make their work easier.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Those in a market that can buy a version with a SIM tray will get a 3,988mAh battery.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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But offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo can manufacture easy touches for Brown to get him in rhythm early.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Detect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detect. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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