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radar

[rey-dahr] / ˈreɪ dɑr /
NOUN
radio detecting and ranging
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Naval Forces Central Command, radar, satellite communications dishes and warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Soon afterward, Doppler weather radar at Newark Airport briefly detected an elongated cloud of falling pebbles extending from Staten Island into New Jersey.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The giant space rocks are generally monitored by optical sensors, as they are too far away for Chilbolton's radar dish to detect.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

This put her on the radar of the local Party for Socialism and Liberation chapter, which asked if it could include her in an Instagram reel about the Landover project.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

The craft made it through the atmosphere but then blew up, showering fragments—which looked like missiles on American radar screens—back to Earth.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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