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detection

[dih-tek-shuhn] / dɪˈtɛk ʃən /


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Still, the technology could eventually become much more than a detection tool.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Berlin pledged to tighten security laws to allow for faster detection and destruction of drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Today’s robocall ecosystem is global, digital and increasingly automated, allowing telemarketers and scammers to evade detection with ease using technologies the 35-year-old law never anticipated.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

As part of the process the first hedgehog detection dog for Ireland has been specially trained to help track them down.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Perhaps the fantastically sensitive and precise immunologic mechanisms for the detection of small molecules such as haptenes represent another way of sensing the same markers.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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