detectable
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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
Or maybe a faraway civilization wants to communicate and can build detectable technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The system blocks solar UV wavelengths so that only corona, lightning and fire can produce detectable signals.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 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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