as in sensors
a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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Recent Examples of detectors
However, bright events often saturate detectors and are missed, so citizen reports to AMS often alert professionals and prompt manual archive checks.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The residue on my fingers might set off bomb detectors at security.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Fines paid by drivers are fueling substantial new revenue for governments, police and the for-profit camera operators, with Miami-Dade’s network of speed detectors generating at least $2 million a month last year — and that doesn’t include the camera networks operated by individual cities.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
School safety The Barrow County School District installed weapons detectors at its three high schools after a student was accused of having a weapon at Apalachee High shortly after another student allegedly shot and killed four people at the school.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Some question whether weapons detectors are necessary in elementary schools, as Efstration's bill mandates.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Teachers and students across the US have had to contend with false positives from AI writing detectors.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 21 Mar. 2026
Compact, millimeter-scale detectors could complement large observatories and help probe low-frequency waves that are currently hard to detect.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
The new particle was discovered by the LHCb experiment, one of nine detectors stationed around the LHC’s 17-mile-long ring.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The residue on my fingers might set off bomb detectors at security.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Fines paid by drivers are fueling substantial new revenue for governments, police and the for-profit camera operators, with Miami-Dade’s network of speed detectors generating at least $2 million a month last year — and that doesn’t include the camera networks operated by individual cities.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
School safety The Barrow County School District installed weapons detectors at its three high schools after a student was accused of having a weapon at Apalachee High shortly after another student allegedly shot and killed four people at the school.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Some question whether weapons detectors are necessary in elementary schools, as Efstration's bill mandates.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Teachers and students across the US have had to contend with false positives from AI writing detectors.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 21 Mar. 2026
Compact, millimeter-scale detectors could complement large observatories and help probe low-frequency waves that are currently hard to detect.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
The new particle was discovered by the LHCb experiment, one of nine detectors stationed around the LHC’s 17-mile-long ring.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detectors
sensors
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Weiner also touted the NYPD’s network of cameras and sensors, which are monitored by members of the NYPD’s intelligence division, and international liaison officers posted in the Middle East as elements providing the department with early-warning detection capabilities.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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But these sensors fail in visually challenging conditions, such as smoke, fog, dust, snow or complete darkness.—
Nitin Sanket,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Detectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detectors. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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