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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Recent Examples of detected
Verb
Schweitzer noted that this substance is not detected in living red blood cells. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026 Although Cinequest detected strong interest and viewing intentions before release, the eventual scale of the success exceeded what those indicators could predict. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026 Most recently, the telescope was instrumental in documenting comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected passing through the solar system. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026 But even in the year or so that the family has been doing this, the Zarets have detected a subtle shift. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026 To date, no human-to-human transmission of HPAI has been reported from the over 70 human cases detected since 2024. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026 The tiny snail was first detected in Michigan in 2015 and was previously found in Au Sable, Boardman, Grass, Pere Marquette, Pine and Upper Manistee rivers in Northern Michigan. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 The researchers also detected hydroxyproline, an amino acid associated with collagen. — New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026 Those two independent spacecraft in geostationary orbit detected the bolide via onboard lightning imagers. — Leonard David, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detected
  1. identified
  2. found
  3. discovered
  4. learned
  5. located
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
Verb
  • Kindred Black, founded in 2014 by Alice Kindred Wells and Jennifer Black Francis, illustrates the model.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Malone, who founded the company in 1999, will step down as chairman emeritus but remain a senior advisor.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • Nearly 2 pounds of the meteorite was discovered in the Sahara in Mali in 2022, and most is now held by a museum in Maine.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • However, this remains a conceptual demonstration, not a system that has discovered an extraterrestrial transmission.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of discovered
Verb
  • As a child, Betkowski displayed a morbid curiosity with chemicals and explosives, Cooper learned.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of learned
Verb
  • Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator who is married to Democratic State Representative Wallace Aristide, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Situated on Plaça de Catalunya, it couldn’t be better located for exploring the city centre or getting out to other districts.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of located

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