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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For example, humpback whale songs increased dramatically over the study period, with detections occurring 34% of days at the beginning to 76% by the end.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Songs from blue whales showed a different pattern, with detections declining significantly when populations of krill — their sole source of food — dropped, the authors wrote in The Conversation.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The other studies, which still have not been released, reportedly detail transmission between cats infected with bird flu and people in the same household, and discuss H5N1 detections in wastewater.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
In response to the detections, more than 100 other all commercial poultry operations within a 6-mile radius were placed under quarantine and went through surveillance testing.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Over 2,500 detections of infringement are included in the initial takedown notices.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
Krammer pointed to recent detections of the H5N5 strain spreading from Europe, and then jumping from birds to be able to infect mammals across Canada as prompting more worry for him.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Cat Cases There has also been a spate of recent bird flu detections in domestic cats.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Songs from blue whales showed a different pattern, with detections declining significantly when populations of krill — their sole source of food — dropped, the authors wrote in The Conversation.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The other studies, which still have not been released, reportedly detail transmission between cats infected with bird flu and people in the same household, and discuss H5N1 detections in wastewater.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
In response to the detections, more than 100 other all commercial poultry operations within a 6-mile radius were placed under quarantine and went through surveillance testing.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Over 2,500 detections of infringement are included in the initial takedown notices.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
Krammer pointed to recent detections of the H5N5 strain spreading from Europe, and then jumping from birds to be able to infect mammals across Canada as prompting more worry for him.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Cat Cases There has also been a spate of recent bird flu detections in domestic cats.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Detections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detections. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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