DETECTED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

detected 1 of 2

adjective

as in identified

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verb

past tense of detect

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort I can detect just a hint of lemon in the soup

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Authorities detected no attempts to destroy his monitoring device, the ministry said. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Those elementary particles, first detected experimentally in 1956, travel through space, interacting only rarely with electrons and atomic nuclei. — Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 The spokesperson said the outage was due to its enhanced powerline safety settings, a program that shuts down power quickly when a hazard is detected. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026 This First Alert model plugs into a standard outlet and sounds an 85-decibel alarm if elevated CO levels are detected, while a battery backup keeps it monitoring even during a power outage. — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2026 The minister said Kenya had tested 267 samples at five laboratories across the country since May before this first case was detected. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 The fitness tracker will also watch for the telltale signs of serious medical conditions like atrial fibrillation and irregular heart rhythms with alerts when they’re detected. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 OpenAI and Hugging Face detected, contained and investigated the activity. — Bob Ackerman, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 This particular strain has not been detected in the county since 1979. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Eight Sleep also collects and has a massive cache of user data that, when aggregated and de-identified, can be used to identify broader trends and support research, reports, and studies on sleep and health.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of identified

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The sisters also founded fashion accessories label Dannijo in 2008, expanding into sports with DannijoPro.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Trump posted a video Thursday night that directly called El-Sayed a member of the group, which was founded in Egypt; his administration has designated chapters as terrorist organizations.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of found

Verb

David Smith, an amateur mathematician, discovered that shape.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
According to Ibrahim, the market primarily serves Arab, Middle Eastern, Indian and Asian customers, though American shoppers have increasingly discovered the shop as well.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of discovered

Verb

Investigators learned that Hellewell had offered to walk home with one of her male friends, who’d become overly intoxicated.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Church and law enforcement officials first learned of the allegations in 2018, and the Vatican in 2021 forced Saunders to retire at age 71, four years early.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of learned

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Barghouti is a board member of the Institute for Middle East Understanding, a pro-Palestinian foreign policy group located in California.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
Although Archway doesn’t have its own restaurant on-site, the property is located in the epicenter of Philadelphia’s buzziest dining corridor, with dozens of cafés, wine bars, and lauded restaurants just steps away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

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