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
Because the fire was burning in the garage, on the opposite side of the home, the detectors inside the house weren’t triggered.
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Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
At the same time, RHIC’s massive detectors, some weighing tens of tons, will also be dismantled.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
This leak set comes with three detectors, which feature two groups of backwater detector sensor probes and one group of front probes for pipe dripping.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Knight also emphasized that CO detectors are not consistently regulated under a mandatory federal safety standard in the United States, leaving gaps in oversight.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Instead of needing sensitive light detectors, a clock based on this approach could read out time by measuring a tiny electrical current produced by the emitted electrons.
—Andrei Derevianko, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Increasingly, teachers and schools fretting over students using artificial intelligence to complete their assignments are turning to AI detectors to catch would-be cheaters.
—Nathan Agranovsky, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Also in the 1990s, physicists in Russia and Italy had put highly radioactive sources right next to huge vats of gallium, a metallic liquid that’s especially sensitive to neutrinos, to test whether the vats were working as neutrino detectors.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Some also question whether weapon detectors are necessary in elementary schools, as the bill mandates.
—Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
At the same time, RHIC’s massive detectors, some weighing tens of tons, will also be dismantled.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
This leak set comes with three detectors, which feature two groups of backwater detector sensor probes and one group of front probes for pipe dripping.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Knight also emphasized that CO detectors are not consistently regulated under a mandatory federal safety standard in the United States, leaving gaps in oversight.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Instead of needing sensitive light detectors, a clock based on this approach could read out time by measuring a tiny electrical current produced by the emitted electrons.
—Andrei Derevianko, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Increasingly, teachers and schools fretting over students using artificial intelligence to complete their assignments are turning to AI detectors to catch would-be cheaters.
—Nathan Agranovsky, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Also in the 1990s, physicists in Russia and Italy had put highly radioactive sources right next to huge vats of gallium, a metallic liquid that’s especially sensitive to neutrinos, to test whether the vats were working as neutrino detectors.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Some also question whether weapon detectors are necessary in elementary schools, as the bill mandates.
—Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detectors
sensors
Noun
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Built with three ultra-sensitive sensors for accuracy and reliable readings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Understanding these processes is relevant to the development of energy transmission systems, precision sensors, and quantum computing.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Detectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detectors. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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