detect
Usage
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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The comet was exceptionally difficult to detect with these instruments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
One patent describes a wafer-holding plate that can detect and adjust surface temperatures to correct flaws caused by old machinery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
OpenAI's account of the events also suggests the startup did not detect the breach early enough to address it or to warn Hugging Face.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
It also means a banned user can create a new account - although FabSwingers says it can detect this, without explaining how it does so.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
We could no longer detect the city, the night was so black, so full of water and motion, so unsparing was the drench.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
These measurements can reflect how the nervous system detects and processes painful signals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
A safe cable contains wires that enable communication with the phone’s battery management system, which monitors temperature, tracks voltage and detects short circuits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The team at JPMorgan detects telltale signs of caution and reduced leverage in options and margin trading.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
In fact, studies suggest that around 10% receive a shock from their device after it detects an abnormal heart rhythm.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
But he detects annoyance on the faces of some students and even some teachers who watch him.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
After it detected the intrusion, Hugging Face tried using Anthropic models—including Fable 5 and its earlier Opus model—to analyze its logs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Like HSBC, though, Abouhossein thinks many of the positive trends detected in the U.S. are applicable in Europe too.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Researchers have also recently detected high concentrations in the Elbe River, creating a possible health risk for plants, animals, and people.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The infections were first detected on 13 May, according to the FDA.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
North of the Alps, Near Eastern influence cannot be detected until a much later time.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
I’ve thought about whether AI could eventually play a role of a central banker, detecting bubbles or risk buildup that humans might miss.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The EU said AliExpress' "overestimated the effectiveness of its system in detecting and removing illegal products".
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Kalshi, the online prediction marketplace, referred Santos to the Department of Justice after detecting suspicious trades made by him ahead of Trump’s Feb. 24 speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"The integration is particularly useful for detecting low contrast signals or signals from very small objects."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
For ten seconds Chapter Eleven studied my documents, detecting no forgery, as the clouds burst overhead, and I made him get me one more piece of cake.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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