How to Use detection in a Sentence

detection

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  • I don't know how the errors managed to avoid detection for so long.
  • The colonoscopy is still the gold-standard for CRC detection.
    — Staff Author, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The more time that elapses between breach and detection, the higher the cost of a breach.
    — Patrick Ostiguy, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • For example, fall detection is coming to this watch, but in the next three months, not out of the gate.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The person detection and tracking worked well in my tests.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Avian Flu in Milk The detection of avian flu virus fragments in milk is a new challenge for the dairy industry.
    — Kerry E. Kaylegian, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 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
  • Again, the idea of smuggling fentanyl into the country is to get the drugs in quickly without detection.
    — Philip Bump, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • This has shown very good cancer detection rates, but only in very small studies of up to 900 people.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 23 Jan. 2024
  • More:What are cruise ship overboard detection systems and why doesn't every ship have them?
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The men moved quickly back into hiding to avoid detection.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The new alarms feature Kidde's existing smoke detection technology, which Kidde says can sense smoke up to 25% faster than regular detectors.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Early detection and intervention can also reduce the need for component replacement and decrease emissions associated with procuring a new piece of equipment and disposing of the old one.
    — Brian Haines, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

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