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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 detects
Get alerts if the system detects acute distress.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 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
Winged munition autonomously detects moving targets Raytheon also highlighted that the StormBreaker smart weapon gives operators an upper hand in combat by hitting moving targets in some of the worst weather conditions.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 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
BirdCast uses National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather data (which detects large groups of them) and weather forecasts to predict nightly migration hotspots.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
Presently, if the Izaña system detects a fragment of space debris hurtling towards a satellite, the satellite then has to take evasive action, firing thrusters to push it out of the way.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At very least, the city could use the team’s surveillance system to create a low-cost network that detects rat hot spots and infestation spikes—a real-time rodent weather report that would allow city officials to target their responses.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 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
Winged munition autonomously detects moving targets Raytheon also highlighted that the StormBreaker smart weapon gives operators an upper hand in combat by hitting moving targets in some of the worst weather conditions.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 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
BirdCast uses National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather data (which detects large groups of them) and weather forecasts to predict nightly migration hotspots.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
Presently, if the Izaña system detects a fragment of space debris hurtling towards a satellite, the satellite then has to take evasive action, firing thrusters to push it out of the way.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At very least, the city could use the team’s surveillance system to create a low-cost network that detects rat hot spots and infestation spikes—a real-time rodent weather report that would allow city officials to target their responses.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detects
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An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many of these real-life experiences end tragically, but when the musician survives and finds sobriety, the war stories don’t go away.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Intruder by Freida McFadden When a hurricane bears down on her remote cabin, Casey discovers a bloodied, knife-wielding girl outside her window and reluctantly lets her in.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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The lake itself is featured as a pond in a particularly emotional scene, where Alex discovers Laura struggling in the water.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In the series, Marie, an ambitious young woman of minor nobility, learns that her lung disease is terminal.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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This leads to cultural classes as the town learns about unity and breaking down barriers.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Conrad eventually locates Jeremiah and manages to hand him the letter.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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