detector
Example Sentences
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Visitors are searched, and cars and bags are swept by dogs and metal detectors.
From BBC
After passing through metal detectors, groups of about 750 people were being allowed into the hill town basilica's lower church every half an hour starting from 7:00am.
From Barron's
The company’s catalog includes license plate readers, gunshot detectors and automated drones, with plans to expand into even more massive people-tracking software.
From Salon
“He’s someone who lost his BS detector and has drunk his own Kool-Aid.”
From Los Angeles Times
"You have an aurora detector in your pocket," Wild says.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
