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detect

[dih-tekt] / dɪˈtɛkt /


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What are other ways to say detect?

To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before. 


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And if you sniff the lobby of downtown Los Angeles’ Ritz-Carlton, you may detect “bright effervescent notes ... layered with soft florals,” a custom fragrance known as Champagne & Shimmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The best defense is for U.S. models to develop fast enough to detect and counter such attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Experts say law enforcement agencies are going to have to adapt and partner with companies that can create tools for them to quickly detect AI-manipulated evidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

These include a specialized sensory structure known as the macula neglecta, which may help them detect motion and vibrations generated as sound travels through water.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

I wanted to tell her that I did have some small difficulty in distinguishing colors, but that I could detect odors very well.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Overdiagnosis occurs when screening detects a breast cancer that would never have become life-threatening or caused symptoms during a woman's lifetime.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“There is no evidence that any multi-cancer detection testing prevents cancer, consistently detects it at an earlier stage, or reduces cancer-associated mortality,” two researchers wrote in the Lancet this week.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The other was DNA metabarcoding, a molecular method that detects plant species represented in stool samples.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Mr. Chabal detects “a good deal of repression” and a discomfort with Jewishness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He detects patterns: one track is waffled, another has fine lines, and another is shaped like the pointed toe of a boot.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

While a screening error might have let a weapon through, a motivated assailant should have been detected and caught long before reaching the airport, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Among more than 16,000 participants with no symptoms or previous cardiovascular disease diagnosis, researchers detected atherosclerotic plaques in 57.1%.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Scottish government said four of those cases were detected outside of the zone by tracing animal movements from the affected farms.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier this week, officials said they’d detected 69 rabid bats, matching last year’s record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I detected a touch of laughter in my aunt’s manner that first evening at supper as she helped pass the steaming bowls of stew down the line to the other boarders.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

This is the most delicate issue, because it involves detecting a threat that may show no obvious warning signs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier studies had searched for similar signals without detecting them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Rodriguez has been a vocal advocate for placing the cameras across Texas and has commended their use in Laredo and elsewhere for allowing a new approach to detecting crime.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Look for banks that are serious about detecting fraud, such as by using multifactor-authentication or biometric features.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Even research men suffer from the handicap of inadequate methods of detecting the beginnings of injury.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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