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detector

noun as in indicator

Strongest match

Weak match

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Example Sentences

The Enquirer story was written by Robin Mizrahi, who interviewed Ferrier and had arranged for her to take a lie detector test.

She agreed to meet with tabloid editors in New York City and take a lie detector test to back up her claims.

If you recall, Chase took a lie detector test and he passed.

He bent the truth throughout his life to ensure that he was known as the man who had invented the lie detector test.

She acts as a sort of lie detector, but proceeds through elegant narrative rather than binary test.

Peering at the proximity detector, Cragley announced that we were quite safe from a collision.

Not even the Gerns had ever been able to devise a polarized detector screen.

And, since the frequency was so high, a special detector was required to pick it up.

Then he looked at the distance recorded on the meteor detector.

Hollingwood, the metallurgist, appeared, dragging with him the detector.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to detector, such as: radar, discoverer, locater, pointer, spotter, and warner.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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