DETECTIONS Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

detections

noun

plural of detection

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 When those other detections are subtracted from the total count, the geoneutrino signal from the mantle should be all that’s left. — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 Scientists at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona reported detections of a lunar plume from the impact. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Many food safety experts feel that these detections were the nearest anyone has come to pinpointing the source of an outbreak. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 In Northern California, wastewater detections and the COVID test positivity rate are up in San Francisco, the city’s Department of Public Health said. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Many of those detections cannot immediately be linked to known satellites or debris. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026 The majority of the pest detections have been of immature life stages of the insect such as egg masses. — Lizzie Kane july 9, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026 The detections, so far totaling 32 animals including sheep and goats as of Sunday, have largely clustered in southern Texas. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 In cybersecurity terms, this resembles perimeter filtering, heuristic detections and anomaly flags that are designed to catch suspicious activity quickly without waiting for perfect attribution. — Abhik Biswas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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Such discoveries have also been made while construction workers dig canals to install gas pipes.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
The shipwreck is among a number of significant Byzantine discoveries in recent years.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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And while her office brought its findings to the Illinois State Police and Cook County state’s attorney, a spokesperson said, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke declined to immediately bring charges.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
The latest findings indicated the vest could reduce an astronaut’s radiation dose by about 60% in a solar storm as fierce as the one in 1972 and by nearly 40% in a calamity mirroring 1989.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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