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
The addition of visible-light detections like the ones taken in March 2024 offer more for aurora predictions.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
October had the most shark detections with 55,187, and August had the third most detections with 40,725.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Several observational studies have recently reported possible detections, but none are yet confirmed with high confidence.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Those detections would be just the start.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Long-Form Conversations The deeper angst at this time is that lengthy conversations can be especially challenging for AI to suitably analyze and make valid detections.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Several observational studies have recently reported possible detections, but none are yet confirmed with high confidence.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Other detections of Russian military aircraft in the ADIZ this year happened in April and twice in February, when NORAD said an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet intercepted two Russian Tu-95 and two Su-35 military aircraft in the ADIZ.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The University of Arizona’s jaguar and ocelot monitoring program has been operating for almost 15 years, collecting over 200 detections (which include photo, video and DNA samples) of four jaguars documented in the region for scientific research.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
October had the most shark detections with 55,187, and August had the third most detections with 40,725.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Several observational studies have recently reported possible detections, but none are yet confirmed with high confidence.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Those detections would be just the start.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Long-Form Conversations The deeper angst at this time is that lengthy conversations can be especially challenging for AI to suitably analyze and make valid detections.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Several observational studies have recently reported possible detections, but none are yet confirmed with high confidence.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Other detections of Russian military aircraft in the ADIZ this year happened in April and twice in February, when NORAD said an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet intercepted two Russian Tu-95 and two Su-35 military aircraft in the ADIZ.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The University of Arizona’s jaguar and ocelot monitoring program has been operating for almost 15 years, collecting over 200 detections (which include photo, video and DNA samples) of four jaguars documented in the region for scientific research.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detections
Noun
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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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But with these discoveries, Özçelik and Karahan argue that a reorientation to include areas like Ayvalık is much overdue.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Climate scientists have faced not only extreme working conditions, but also antagonistic political movements that reject their findings and attempt to defund their work entirely.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Given the findings that people are not using ChatGPT for their jobs, the paper seeks to find other economic value for the tech.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Detections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detections. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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