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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
Previously, cases have been detected in some African countries, Japan and—for the first time this summer—Europe. — Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026 Stockton was where golden mussels were first detected in California more than two years ago. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 The same principle applies when a change in a client’s circumstances is detected, such as a new address or standing instruction. — Maria Scott, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 In an April 2026 live-fire exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, the Army demonstrated an autonomous sensor on one platform that detected and classified a hostile drone, then passed data and an engagement command to a weapon system on another platform. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 Ensure that the display is the only display detected, then double-check the active signal resolution in the monitor's OSD by navigating to General > Information. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026 Even abnormalities detected on an MRI are not necessarily unique to MS. — Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026 Advertisement On the other side of the continent, in 2020, the first green crabs were detected on Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Even where mold has been detected, brewing dilutes the concentration and lowers any health risk. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 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
  • Randsburg, which was once a booming California Gold Rush town founded in 1895, has seen most of its residents leave over the years.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, Truell hadn’t founded a company; but three years later, the venture capitalist persuaded her firm, BoxGroup, to invest in the Gen Z engineering savant’s nascent business.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • Filling in because of an injury, Tucker, a freshman, has discovered the importance of getting the ball to Davis, who has 11 touchdown receptions.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Kriemler first discovered Jungwirth’s paintings at Thaddaeus Ropac about five years ago, traveling expressly to Bilbao, Spain, two years ago just to catch the big Jungwirth retrospective at the Guggenheim there.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 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
  • At least 375 children under age 18 in Jacksonville have been hospitalized for firearm injuries since 2018 and at least 150 from ZIP codes 32206, 32208, and 32209 — where Brown’s Dump is located.
    — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Later in the day, a California Highway Patrol helicopter located a deceased climber on that route, but a storm system soon moved into the area, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
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