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No one who lives in an American city requires a flashlight to detect the presence of immigrants or the challenges they face daily.

That could change, however, if ISIS obtained the knowledge to build hard-to-detect bombs.

Testing methods can now detect HIV within ten days of infection.

The company is already brainstorming what it can detect next.

There is only one approved, working test that can detect whether or not Ebola is present in the blood.

Yet I think if we observe closely we shall detect traces of a spontaneous impulse towards self-adornment.

Tubercle bacilli are nearly always present, although animal inoculation may be necessary to detect them.

It is frequently desirable to detect formalin, which is the most common preservative added to cow's milk.

Fetherston strained his eyes towards the horizon, but declared that he could detect nothing.

This she had the wit to detect, as well as the incontrovertible fact that her youth and her chances were gone.

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On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to detect, such as: catch, disclose, distinguish, encounter, expose, and find.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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