How to Use detect in a Sentence

detect

verb

• The test is used to detect the presence of alcohol in the blood.
• This type of cancer is difficult to detect in its early stages.
• Turn on weightlifting mode, do a curl, and Google would detect it.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
• And heavier constituents, such as the top quark, could make even rarer and harder-to-detect appearances.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• But Walt’s team was able to detect the proteins after developing a special test.
  — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• The tennis court-sized observatory is equipped with instruments that detect distant stars and galaxies in infrared and near-infrared light.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Thanks to its ability to detect faint radio signals, the Arecibo telescope was able to advance many areas of astronomy.
  — Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
• Fentanyl testing strips, which can help detect if the opioid is present in unregulated drugs, were made legal in Alabama this summer.
  — al, 12 Oct. 2022
• These tests were made possible by a new type of technology that can detect DNA left behind when someone touches a surface.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• One variant appeared to increase the immune system's ability to detect a signature protein in the outer membrane of Y. pestis.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2022
• The device used in the investigation can detect hundreds of combustible gases and whether a well is leaking while the test is being conducted, several leading experts confirmed.
  — Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
• No cases of the new strain have been detected in the United States.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2024
• Of the three, cutaneous is the most common form detected both in the U.S. and around the world, Cama said.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2023
• The long-range weapons travel more than five times the speed of sound and are harder to detect and intercept.
  — Eve Brennan, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Mammograms detect four out of five types of breast cancer, but Munn's fell in the 20% missed.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
• This warming has been detected in both the atmosphere and the ocean.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• And the Equinox can detect many types of metal, including gold nuggets.
  — Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
• The strips cannot detect how much fentanyl is present, and there may be some fentanyl analogues that the strips do not pick up.
  — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• It’s also supposed to detect fires as small as 5 x 5 meters (the size of a classroom).
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 16 Sep. 2024
• Customers who did not detect the smell of diesel should open all faucets, hot and cold, and leave them running for five minutes.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 July 2023
• Experts said a smartphone app that can help detect stroke symptoms is a great idea.
  — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• Since then, at least nine states have detected cow infections from the virus.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 May 2024
• When the weather is cold, and our lungs breathe in cold air, our body isn’t as sensitive in detecting the cold virus.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
• When new variants emerge, there’s often concern that at-home tests won’t be able to detect them.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 31 Oct. 2022
• Rescue ships pinged the ocean with sonar in the hopes of detecting the shape of the vehicle, and listened for it with microphones.
  — WIRED, 22 June 2023
• The safety sensors can only detect weight over three pounds.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• But many other health threats that are out there, and the CDC is designed to be that asset for this country to detect and respond to threats.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Evidence of the testosterone surge from musth is can be detected in the blood and urine tests of living elephants.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 May 2023
• Those were the cosmic rays Hess detected, and are the ones most likely to show up in a museum cloud chamber.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2023
• For more advanced operations, technologies like computer vision and drones are being adopted by some grocers to detect stockouts and streamline replenishment.
  — Devadas Pattathil, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jan 2025