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detection

[dih-tek-shuhn] / dɪˈtɛk ʃən /


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The spy operation targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve and other areas, hiding within normal internet traffic to avoid detection.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Despite the widespread detection of mycotoxins, the levels measured in the UK products remained below recommended EU guideline levels.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

"Offenders should not assume that they can evade detection simply by leaving Singapore after committing an offence," the Singapore Police Force said in a statement on Monday.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

On July 21, 2026, Nathan Cofnas, an American philosopher working at Ghent University in Belgium, wrote a Substack post detailing how he submitted Arday’s 2015 dissertation to Copyleaks, a plagiarism detection platform.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Ernest was willing to assume that he had achieved a proof of concept; verifiable results required only superior detection equipment.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

A spokesperson for California’s Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, which oversees pesticide use, said the EWG report looked at detections of the PFAS, but the state “looks at how the detections compare to federal tolerance levels.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

With these additions, the total number of confirmed gravitational wave detections has now reached 390.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

The rapid increase in gravitational wave detections is changing the way astronomers study the Universe.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

The latest detections included a calf in La Salle County, Texas, a goat in Gillespie County, Texas, and a dog in Lea County, New Mexico, following two earlier cases in Zavala County, Texas.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

One game was a paper with lines in all detections and lots of boxs.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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