as in finds
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 detects
Neither of those glasses automatically detects languages or records translations for later review.
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PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Drive automatically detects the edges and captures the document.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The probe detects these reflections and converts them back into electrical signals that computers can use to create images of those tissues.
—Richard J. Price, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
The fabric detects the sound and converts it into an electric signal before sending it to a computer or phone.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
And with the new Downhill Buffering feature, the X Ultra detects downward motion and automatically reduces impact, helping to protect your joints.
—Bryan Rogala, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
If ChatGPT detects a teenager may be in mental distress, a human reviewer will determine whether to send an emergency alert to a parent.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Diagnosis usually involves a laboratory test that detects the bacterium’s genetic material from either DNA or RNA.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
The digital display can be controlled by hand gestures via a wristband that detects muscle activity.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Drive automatically detects the edges and captures the document.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The probe detects these reflections and converts them back into electrical signals that computers can use to create images of those tissues.
—Richard J. Price, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
The fabric detects the sound and converts it into an electric signal before sending it to a computer or phone.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
And with the new Downhill Buffering feature, the X Ultra detects downward motion and automatically reduces impact, helping to protect your joints.
—Bryan Rogala, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
If ChatGPT detects a teenager may be in mental distress, a human reviewer will determine whether to send an emergency alert to a parent.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Diagnosis usually involves a laboratory test that detects the bacterium’s genetic material from either DNA or RNA.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
The digital display can be controlled by hand gestures via a wristband that detects muscle activity.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detects
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Pooro manages to escape and finds her way home to her parents, who disown her for having spent a fortnight with a Muslim.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other high-end finds include platform Ugg boots that can literally elevate your winter wardrobe, plus a Bissell vacuum that sucks up debris and washes floors clean.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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As the two start to fall for each other, things get complicated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Which, Polsky discovers, hasn’t been properly flushed by whoever used it previously.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Uncovered, in which he is brought into the scammers’ world by mysterious gang boss Abdul and learns just how deep the operation goes.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Safdie perceptively locates the protagonist’s troubling inner contradictions—the atavistic fury that drives him to compete and the intense self-control that competition demands—but dramatizes such outer crises as opioid addiction and conflict with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt) only schematically.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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When Jem locates his brother, Ray has been living off the grid for 20 years, having fled the family nest.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Detects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detects. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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