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Recent Examples of detected
Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The end result is a drone which cannot be detected, cannot be jammed, and can reliably find and hit moving targets.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The health department will continue monitoring mosquito activity throughout the season and provide updates if West Nile virus is detected locally, according to officials.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
From brain waves to gravitational waves, quantum sensors have successfully detected both and are now being prepared to operate outside laboratories as well.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Others are so small they can only be detected with specialized equipment.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
After the government detected and attacked them, Raúl was one of only 12 fighters who reached safety in the Sierra Maestra mountains.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 21 May 2026
Psyche’s magnetometer may have detected a signature of the solar wind interacting with Mars’ upper atmosphere or its remnant magnetic field, and its spectrometers were tuned to measure the chemical composition of the Martian surface underneath the spacecraft’s flight path.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
Other astronomers followed up by looking through Rubin’s initial data and discovered that the observatory had also detected 3I/ATLAS, 10 days earlier.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
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West Nile Virus was first detected in California in 2003 and is now considered endemic in the Sacramento and Yolo counties.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The end result is a drone which cannot be detected, cannot be jammed, and can reliably find and hit moving targets.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The health department will continue monitoring mosquito activity throughout the season and provide updates if West Nile virus is detected locally, according to officials.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
From brain waves to gravitational waves, quantum sensors have successfully detected both and are now being prepared to operate outside laboratories as well.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Others are so small they can only be detected with specialized equipment.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
After the government detected and attacked them, Raúl was one of only 12 fighters who reached safety in the Sierra Maestra mountains.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 21 May 2026
Psyche’s magnetometer may have detected a signature of the solar wind interacting with Mars’ upper atmosphere or its remnant magnetic field, and its spectrometers were tuned to measure the chemical composition of the Martian surface underneath the spacecraft’s flight path.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
Other astronomers followed up by looking through Rubin’s initial data and discovered that the observatory had also detected 3I/ATLAS, 10 days earlier.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detected
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While Kirk may have received hostile or threatening messages, including on social media, those were not part of any identified or actionable threat stream monitored by federal authorities, the person told Sganga.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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On the bright side, new industrial chemistries are often expensive at the start but come down in price as more efficient ways to accomplish the task are discovered.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The region has absorbed a decade of being discovered and come out intact.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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According to court records, investigators learned during their investigation that Mason and another individual (that name was redacted) kidnapped Kayla.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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That was just one lesson learned during the drama series panel at the Variety A Night in the Writers’ Room event in Los Angeles.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Canada's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Friday that McLean's remains had been located in the Lions Bay area of British Columbia, according to PEOPLE.—
Oliver Gettell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Canada's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced in a Friday, May 22 media release shared with PEOPLE that McLean's remains were located in the Lions Bay area.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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“Detected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detected. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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