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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 detecting
Advertisement Capone and his colleagues were interested in using techniques for detecting pathogens in modern feces on ancient feces.
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Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The tank features radars, infrared, and laser warning systems capable of detecting incoming threats and deploying interceptor rockets, jammer grenades or laser beams.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
While detecting the characteristic signature from these gravitational waves would be revolutionary, there’s no guarantee that’s possible.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2020, scientists at Stanford University built a disease-detecting smart toilet.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The infant first detecting maternal absence, the pet abandoned in an alley, the friend suddenly iced out have all felt the sudden departure of someone who was expected to be there.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
For context, the human eye is capable of detecting night sky objects with a magnitude lower than +6 under ideal conditions.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Relman said mirror bacteria could potentially evade critical parts of plant, animal and human immune systems, which would have difficulty detecting or killing them.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Another risk that worries him was the potential for models to be engineered to refuse requests from or be less helpful to certain groups of the population, just by detecting specific patterns in the request or keywords.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The tank features radars, infrared, and laser warning systems capable of detecting incoming threats and deploying interceptor rockets, jammer grenades or laser beams.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
While detecting the characteristic signature from these gravitational waves would be revolutionary, there’s no guarantee that’s possible.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2020, scientists at Stanford University built a disease-detecting smart toilet.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The infant first detecting maternal absence, the pet abandoned in an alley, the friend suddenly iced out have all felt the sudden departure of someone who was expected to be there.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
For context, the human eye is capable of detecting night sky objects with a magnitude lower than +6 under ideal conditions.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Relman said mirror bacteria could potentially evade critical parts of plant, animal and human immune systems, which would have difficulty detecting or killing them.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Another risk that worries him was the potential for models to be engineered to refuse requests from or be less helpful to certain groups of the population, just by detecting specific patterns in the request or keywords.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detecting
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Rutgers-Eagleton’s mid-October survey mirrored that trend, finding 42 percent of voters viewed Sherrill favorably and 45 percent unfavorably, while Ciattarelli’s numbers were 41 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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And with 23andMe filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, her chances of finding any additional siblings may be dwindling.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Coping with the demands, expectations and egos of the Bernabeu’s dressing room is an important and challenging part of the job, as current Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso is learning very quickly.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Phobias can develop for a number of reasons, including genetic predispositions, environmental factors including traumatic experiences, learning from caregivers and hearing about scary situations.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local diner, a Vietnamese restaurant and a boba tea shop after discovering over dozens of German cockroaches and other food safety violations.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Themes of self-acceptance, discovering one’s true potential, the power of friendship, and embracing the unknown are all wrapped in a quirky, adventurous comedy.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Turner spoke with an arresting conviction, locating Canada’s fate in geography, history, and its defining quest to defy manifest destiny and political gravity.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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In The Lost King, Sally Hawkins stars as Philippa Langley, the real-life researcher who led the initiative and was eventually successful in locating Richard III’s centuries-old skeleton under an English parking lot.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Other younger-generation consumers say there’s really no advantage to using cash and complain that getting some wastes time.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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See all the stars getting SCAD to the bone below.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Detecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detecting. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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