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
This uncertainty, called mass–distance degeneracy, meant that earlier detections could not rule out heavier objects such as brown dwarfs.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
What To Know The TDA has confirmed detections of the invasive pasture mealybug in at least 20 counties, including areas in and around Houston.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The detections have been helpful, Barthen said, in assisting detectives with investigations, though, enabling them to better pinpoint when and where gunshots occurred.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Dec. 2025
More to come The sugar detections were one of three major Bennu findings announced on Tuesday.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025
While previous hints of coronal mass ejections from other stars have surfaced, they could often be explained by other activity such as strong flares, and there were no definitive detections, Tasse added.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
The only realistic possibility would arise from the Big Bang itself, and Weber’s claimed detections would again be internally inconsistent with how much of a gravitational wave signal could have been generated in those early cosmic stages.
—Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
The theater has a security system that uses motion detections, which, at times, go off when no one is in the building.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
There have been 24 detections of bird flu at poultry farms across the nation, resulting in the culling of entire flocks to prevent the spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detections
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Bell Labs, founded in the early 1900s, was responsible for a number of Nobel Prize-winning discoveries.—
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on Hollywood hits and diamond discoveries.—
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The findings reveal a mix of familiar favorites in the States along with international escapes.—
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The findings show that seven in 10 people with cancer now survive for at least five years, up from just half of patients in the 1970s.—
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“Detections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detections. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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