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Six example sentences with detection, each labelled with its topic.
The array's first detection of the ripple came just before dawn, and two other observatories confirmed it within hours.
Science
Early detection of the condition let the clinic begin monitoring years before any symptom would have appeared.
Medicine
The system's detection of the outage lagged twenty minutes behind users, who were already posting screenshots of the error.
Technology
Early detection of the invasive beetle gave the county time to remove infested trees before the whole park was lost.
Environment
Detection of the fraud came from a junior clerk who noticed the same invoice number appearing in two different months.
Finance
In the stealth levels, detection by a single guard resets the whole area, so players learn every patrol route by heart.
Gaming
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