detect

In a sentence

Six example sentences with detect, each labelled with its topic.

• A blood test can detect the antibody weeks before any rash appears, which is why the clinic screens travelers early.

  Medicine

• The array was built to detect faint radio bursts, and it logged one within three hours of first switching on.

  Science

• A trained taster can detect a spoonful of fish sauce in a whole pot of broth, though most diners cannot.

  Cooking

• The bank's software can detect a stolen card within minutes, flagging a purchase made two thousand miles from the last one.

  Finance

• Sensors along the ridge detect the first trace of smoke and alert the fire crews before anyone sees a flame.

  Environment

• A piano tuner can detect a string drifting a few cents flat, long before an audience would hear anything wrong.

  Music

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