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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
William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Whenever Corsight detected his face, it would be swapped for the likeness of Tom Cruise.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
No primordial black hole has as yet ever been unequivocally detected.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
New state detected The experiments revealed that water can exist at two distinct liquid phases at low temperatures and high pressures.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Scientists are still investigating what ultimately happened to Chrysalis' surviving core, and whether debris from the event may have left traces elsewhere in Saturn's system — such as unusual impact features on icy moons that could perhaps be detected by future spacecraft.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Investigators came under scrutiny for failing to get a search warrant for the golfer’s blood samples, which could have detected any evidence of alcohol or drugs.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Earlier genetic scans performed by other researchers had not detected this type of resistance in Anopheles darlingi, and neither did ours.
—Jacob A Tennessen, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
If the pregnancy hormone hCG was detected, brown-red sediment would start to form in the test tube.
—thehustle.co, 20 Mar. 2026
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The crew originally hoped to blast off in early February but the flight was delayed, first by hydrogen leaks detected during a fueling test, and then by problems pressurizing the rocket's upper stage propulsion system.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Whenever Corsight detected his face, it would be swapped for the likeness of Tom Cruise.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
No primordial black hole has as yet ever been unequivocally detected.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
New state detected The experiments revealed that water can exist at two distinct liquid phases at low temperatures and high pressures.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Scientists are still investigating what ultimately happened to Chrysalis' surviving core, and whether debris from the event may have left traces elsewhere in Saturn's system — such as unusual impact features on icy moons that could perhaps be detected by future spacecraft.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Investigators came under scrutiny for failing to get a search warrant for the golfer’s blood samples, which could have detected any evidence of alcohol or drugs.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Earlier genetic scans performed by other researchers had not detected this type of resistance in Anopheles darlingi, and neither did ours.
—Jacob A Tennessen, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
If the pregnancy hormone hCG was detected, brown-red sediment would start to form in the test tube.
—thehustle.co, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detected
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Dolores Huerta, 95, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) Union with Chavez, has accused him of raping her twice.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 and governed by the military, the police, and by courts that upheld colonial law to protect British commercial interests and missionaries.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologists discovered two astonishing Iron Age hoards in North Yorkshire, one of them being the largest ever found in British history, which has changed the historical understanding of wealth and power in pre-Roman Britain.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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In 2004, after Walker had wrapped up as a weekly series, the then–Late Night host Conan O’Brien (or one of his writers) discovered that the show’s parent company held the syndication rights to Walker, and Late Night could air clips from it whenever the writers wanted to.—
Chris Klimek,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Police said investigator reviewed additional video and learned the suspect had placed hidden cameras in at least two other parks.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Chance first learned about the crash when Tanya’s iPhone issued an SOS alert.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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The investigation centers around Scrooge Sul, located at 1149 13th Street.—
Jamie Leary,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The backstory Bãi San Hô, purchased in 2014 by French hotelier Arnaud Zannier, is the sixth hotel in the Zannier Hotels portfolio–others are located in Namibia, Cambodia and France (another opening in France is set to happen later in 2026).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Detected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detected. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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