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detect

[dih-tekt] / dɪˈtɛkt /


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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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China has "technical reasons" to work with the US, she argues, because its developers would be able to see how their models are deployed outside China, and detect and undertsand vulnerabilities.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

To detect the effect, the researchers used a single calcium ion as an extremely sensitive probe.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

After living in a world saturated with AI content, most of us are pretty confident that we can detect the signs of AI in emails, text messages, images and reports.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Their bubble risk indicator is a price-based measure, designed to detect bubble-like asset dynamics with the model incorporating an asset’s returns, volatility, momentum and fragility into a single reading.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

But the point is that the scientists are watching, and they’re able to detect even these small changes.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

They used magnetoencephalography, a method that detects the faint magnetic fields produced when brain cells are active.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

As the hulking antenna swivels into action, screens inside the control room light up with the names of objects the radar system detects: stars, satellites and abandoned rocket bodies.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

It also correctly detects an estimated 94% of generic, or AI-generated, posts, which it refrains from distributing beyond the author’s immediate network, according to a spokeswoman.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

When the camera detects a violation, it generates an evidence package, consisting of the date, time and location, as well as still images.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

It also detects that the terrain will be uneven, rocky.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

When it comes to the research Anthropic detected and blocked that was related to biological weapons, the intent of the actors was less clear-cut and the AI lab did not identify them.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Those analyses detected arecoline inside the dental tissues of the ancient foragers, providing strong evidence that they had consumed betel nut.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Airports routinely shut down for hours at a time when drones are detected nearby, forcing flight delays and cancellations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Authorities said 209 flights were suspended after ash from Mount Anak Krakatoa was detected in airspace near Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday morning.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The screen lights up, showing, No toxin detected.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The company pulled the car over after detecting a “violation of our terms of service involving a firearm,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Price said newer security machines that TSA is installing to replace traditional X-ray machines have computed tomography capabilities, which "can do a much better job of detecting liquid-based explosives".

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Bots have gotten much better at solving them, prompting websites to rely increasingly on less visible—and more consumer-friendly—ways of detecting suspicious behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Rydberg atom simulators are one possible platform for such an experiment and could provide a promising route toward finally detecting these elusive quantum quasiparticles.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

So I decided to do some detecting and see if I could find it.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon




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