detecting

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He said the police need to be "concentrating on what's crime, and not crime, and detecting crime, and investigating crime".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

No sensors detecting MMA in the air were operational on May 21, as the crisis first began to unfold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“We remain focused on detecting state-sponsored abuse, and will continue to enforce our policies against fake accounts,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Researchers in Finland have achieved a major advance in ultra-sensitive measurement technology by detecting an amount of energy smaller than one zeptojoule, less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

In addition to detecting cheaters, the algorithm could also identify the best teachers in the school system.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt