detectable
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Fossilized dinosaur eggshells included in the study, for example, continued to show detectable statistical patterns connected to ancient biological activity.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
As these possible paths overlapped later in the experiment, they produced a detectable striped interference pattern that matched the predictions of quantum theory.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Any detectable tonal noise, he added, must be considered an unreasonable threat to public health.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Because supernovae in distant galaxies usually do not produce detectable gravitational waves, some astronomers concluded that the event was likely an ordinary supernova unrelated to the earlier signal.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
We scrub only to remove impurities that might be detectable to a customer by hand or by eye; otherwise our only job is to wipe.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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