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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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