How to Use detection in a Sentence

detection

noun
  • I don't know how the errors managed to avoid detection for so long.
  • The colonoscopy is still the gold-standard for CRC detection.
    Staff Author, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The laser dirt detection lights up dirt, dust, and hair on hard floors for a more thorough clean.
    Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In the forest, joined by her cousin Celia, she’s disguised as a man to avoid detection.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • The fact that the symptoms aren’t as drastic as those of Alzheimer’s also contributes to the low detection rates.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But none of the detections were definitive — and none were of rocky planets.
    Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Doing his best to avoid detection, Paul puts the care of his two infant children ahead of his own safety.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The deal called for the group to help the city get a threat detection option for devices such as city servers and employees’ computers.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • This has led some to suggest such techniques could be applied to lie detection.
    Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Flying over the Red Sea, the rescuers had to maintain an altitude of around a hundred feet to avoid radar detection.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
  • According to a district spokesperson, this is the first time that the weapons detection system has been used at a sporting event this school year.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This has shown very good cancer detection rates, but only in very small studies of up to 900 people.
    Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 23 Jan. 2024
  • More:What are cruise ship overboard detection systems and why doesn't every ship have them?
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The men moved quickly back into hiding to avoid detection.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The vote does not mean middle and high schools will have weapon detection technology.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Hamas likely used old-school face-to-face planning to avoid Israeli detection.
    Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In those datasets, the participants wore movement detection devices on their hips for 10 hours a day for at least four days.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But there’s no eye detection to speak of and no log recording or raw capture for photos, either.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 11 May 2023
  • The detection—and potential treatment plan—can be scary.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Now, the group is working with the city health department to raise awareness for the resources available and improve early detection rates.
    Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2023
  • Google’s adding a new garage door detection feature to its Nest security cameras that will alert you if your garage door has been left open.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Gray whale mothers will often keep her calves close to shore to avoid the detection of orcas, which hunt calves during the northbound migrations.
    Charles Gearing, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • His goal: early detection of a treatable problem rather than late discovery of a grim one.
    Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • The rest of the feature list is the same as the Essential doorbells, including two-way audio, siren, motion detection, and night vision.
    WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Amplify agreed to pay about $13 million to local governments and the U.S. Coast Guard, and to install a new leak detection system.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Cancer screenings give patients the best chance at early detection, leading to a six to eight times increase in survival rates.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The School Board will ultimately decide whether or not to acquire a weapons detection system.
    Marc Hayot, arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The high efficiency, battery-saving performance, and super high-tech dust detection features are just two of the factors that make the V15 leagues above the rest.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • This movement is equipped with a motion detection sensor, visible through an aperture in the dial at four o’clock.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The performance of the rest of the features — 2-way audio, motion detection, and treat dispenser — also proved efficient.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023

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