How to Use detection in a Sentence

detection

noun
  • I don't know how the errors managed to avoid detection for so long.
  • Commercial sleep trackers in watches and beds can support detection.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This achievement is a huge breakthrough, as early detection is key to managing the horrid disease.
    Steve King, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • But to do so, multiple engineers would need to act at the exact right time and work together without detection.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There have been news stories over the years about autonomous vehicles having issues with threat detection on the ground.
    Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • These examples helped train the machine learning programs to recognize signs of ships trying to evade detection.
    Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Survival skills like how to break into cars; how to evade detection; how to break into a house or building with or without a lock pick; how to locate surveillance systems.
    Monroe Trombly, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Idle, who recently appeared on Fox's The Masked Singer, was first diagnosed three years ago thanks to early detection.
    Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • These include: Faster and more accurate earthquake magnitude detection.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Additionally, the kitchen vent hood detection devices were not inspected and cleaned annually, posing a fire hazard.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The colonoscopy is still the gold-standard for CRC detection.
    Staff Author, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The laser dirt detection lights up dirt, dust, and hair on hard floors for a more thorough clean.
    Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The first detection tip is to pause the video at various points to look for the common signs of a fake video.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • In the forest, joined by her cousin Celia, she’s disguised as a man to avoid detection.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • The cuts include about 250 jobs in Madison, the cancer-detection company best known for its Cologuard product said in a statement.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The health agency tracks and reports flu detection in wild birds.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
  • The rate of detections has been doubling about every two years.
    Imre Bartos, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
  • In a world where detection is a matter of life and death, stealth is now a must-have feature for fighters and bombers.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The fact that the symptoms aren’t as drastic as those of Alzheimer’s also contributes to the low detection rates.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The initial 2020 detection in the US was in an eye of a pet dog in New York that had no travel history.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024
  • But none of the detections were definitive — and none were of rocky planets.
    Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Maksim wanted to take an even wider berth to avoid detection.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Doing his best to avoid detection, Paul puts the care of his two infant children ahead of his own safety.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The deal called for the group to help the city get a threat detection option for devices such as city servers and employees’ computers.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • This has led some to suggest such techniques could be applied to lie detection.
    Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • For instance, the Apple Watch’s fall detection is hard to trigger.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Camera users will still have access to live view, two-way talk, motion detection, and alerts.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Flying over the Red Sea, the rescuers had to maintain an altitude of around a hundred feet to avoid radar detection.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The dynamic used to be that most people try to evade early detection.
    Connor Goodwin, ProPublica, 10 June 2024
  • According to a district spokesperson, this is the first time that the weapons detection system has been used at a sporting event this school year.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023

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