as in identified
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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
ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Some groundwater monitoring wells detected contamination levels higher than at any point since 1991, which the county believes may be due to a new leak.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Researchers detected rare quark-antiquark pairs created from the vacuum itself rather than from the colliding protons.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
The defense minister detailed an operation involving a Royal Navy frigate, a Royal Air Force patrol plane and hundreds of personnel deployed to deter a trio of Russian submarines that were detected near underwater cables in Britain’s economic exclusionary zone.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Preparing for potential disease outbreaks involves increasing global disease surveillance, using predictive models to determine which pathogens should be a research priority and creating action plans for when potential outbreaks are detected.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Multiple painkillers, sleep aids and THC were detected in his system.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The drug has likewise been detected in recent toxicology reports from Arkansas, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio and West Virginia, according to Aegis Labs data.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
Then the fact that the more distant radio wave pulses aligned with gamma-ray blasts from these pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Space Telescope indicated to the team that both types of electromagnetic radiation were being emitted from the same non-polar and distant regions around these pulsars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
Prostate cancer is usually treatable if detected at an early stage.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Some groundwater monitoring wells detected contamination levels higher than at any point since 1991, which the county believes may be due to a new leak.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Researchers detected rare quark-antiquark pairs created from the vacuum itself rather than from the colliding protons.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
The defense minister detailed an operation involving a Royal Navy frigate, a Royal Air Force patrol plane and hundreds of personnel deployed to deter a trio of Russian submarines that were detected near underwater cables in Britain’s economic exclusionary zone.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Preparing for potential disease outbreaks involves increasing global disease surveillance, using predictive models to determine which pathogens should be a research priority and creating action plans for when potential outbreaks are detected.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Multiple painkillers, sleep aids and THC were detected in his system.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The drug has likewise been detected in recent toxicology reports from Arkansas, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio and West Virginia, according to Aegis Labs data.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
Then the fact that the more distant radio wave pulses aligned with gamma-ray blasts from these pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Space Telescope indicated to the team that both types of electromagnetic radiation were being emitted from the same non-polar and distant regions around these pulsars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detected
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The eponymous public relations firm his father founded in 1952 has ridden — and shaped — the growth of its industry to become the world’s largest communications group, with annual revenues of almost $1 billion.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Bob Baker, founded in 1963 by its namesake puppeteer, now attracts more than 145,000 audience members per year, including about 20,000 students via school field trips.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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But a recent study discovered a different ratio in how exercising impacts our health.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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On Turner’s Facebook page, however, the defense attorneys discovered a tantalizing comment posted from the account of a woman named Marlene Kennedy.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Investigators learned Horner had delivered a package to the child’s home about the same time, and thought the FedEx driver might have seen something.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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Caroline first learned about the Hole in her twenties by reading mommy blogs, a form of procrastination less about satisfying any conscious curiosity about motherhood and more about finding comfort in the easy intimacy with which these women wrote about their own lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Before noon, city leaders gathered to unveil a sign next to the new installation, located across from the original site near Lummus Park.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Hopkins lived in a tower within the Frederick Douglass Houses located about three blocks from where he was killed, police said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Detected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detected. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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