as in discoveries
the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time
my detection of the scent of baked apple pie led me to the kitchen
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Recent Examples of detections
After only seven detections between June and September 1 (impacting about 428,000 birds), HPAI cases surged in September.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Although gravitational wave detections have provided indirect evidence for black hole pairs and their eventual mergers, OJ287's two black holes had never been resolved visually, as telescopes simply lacked the resolution to distinguish them from a single point of light.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Some even decay rapidly in relatively benign conditions, so the multiple detections of Martian organic compounds are all the more surprising.
—Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Last year, September had the second most shark detections off the Cape — with 44,662 great white shark detections, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Logbook.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The study did not name beers or brewers, but noted elevated PFAS detections in beers brewed in Kalamazoo and Kent counties.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The addition of visible-light detections like the ones taken in March 2024 offer more for aurora predictions.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Those detections would be just the start.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Long-Form Conversations The deeper angst at this time is that lengthy conversations can be especially challenging for AI to suitably analyze and make valid detections.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Although gravitational wave detections have provided indirect evidence for black hole pairs and their eventual mergers, OJ287's two black holes had never been resolved visually, as telescopes simply lacked the resolution to distinguish them from a single point of light.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Some even decay rapidly in relatively benign conditions, so the multiple detections of Martian organic compounds are all the more surprising.
—Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Last year, September had the second most shark detections off the Cape — with 44,662 great white shark detections, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Logbook.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The study did not name beers or brewers, but noted elevated PFAS detections in beers brewed in Kalamazoo and Kent counties.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The addition of visible-light detections like the ones taken in March 2024 offer more for aurora predictions.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Those detections would be just the start.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Long-Form Conversations The deeper angst at this time is that lengthy conversations can be especially challenging for AI to suitably analyze and make valid detections.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detections
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Rare gastropods and bivalves that have adapted to volcanic and hydrothermal-influenced habitats, as well as a possible new species of black coral, were also among the discoveries.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to all of Dill’s discoveries, there are seven levels of caves to explore—all loaded with history.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hanson was arrested on April 25, 2024, after the FBI forwarded its findings to local authorities, according to KCTV5, KSHB 41 and KMBC 9.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some of the findings weren’t totally surprising.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Detections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detections. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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