How to Use detector in a Sentence

detector

noun
Definition of detectornext
Synonyms for detectornext
  • And the amygdala — the threat detector toward the base of our brains — fires.
    — Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The guard turned off the alarm only to later spot one of the thieves through the motion detector.
    — NBC News, 29 June 2021
  • In math, Shor took home first place for a fake news detector.
    — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Wilson claimed the gun and drugs weren’t his, and passed a lie-detector test, his lawyers said.
    — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • The light in the carport ceiling clicked on, from the motion detector.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The last two detectors the East Palestine train passed were 19 miles apart.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But seven out of 10 isn’t the sort of clean sweep that sets off our data detectors.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of the chip, the researchers placed photo detectors that measured the light beams and revealed the result.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2024
  • The detector can be controlled with an app and has an adjustable alarm.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This detector position would have to change as the moon moves and the angle of the mirror changes.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Rods are the brightness detectors and are blind to color.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The detector recorded the X-ray signals and sent the data to a computer.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
  • And then the other issue is what are called hot box detectors.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But only some of these gamma rays escape the sun and make it to our detectors.
    — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In the video, which does not have audio, the 16-year-old appears to be stopped and told to go back through the detectors multiple times.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Where are the best places to put carbon monoxide detectors?
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Sides, 42, got his start on YouTube with a metal detector.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2022
  • These particles fall to the Earth in showers that can be observed by detectors on the ground.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Now add a detector to measure which of the two slits the particle passes through.
    — Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Also, look for other devices that might be in the wrong place—like a smoke detector in the corner of the room instead of the very middle.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
  • At first these detectors were small, covering a tiny portion of the sky.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
  • The bracelets, which are 14-karat gold at both locations, will not tarnish and can be worn in the ocean, the pool, the shower — and even through a metal detector.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2021
  • This lets the detectors quickly determine if a metal item is a cell phone or a gun.
    — Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
  • This meant that most of Google’s customers didn’t have enough data to train a good defect detector.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2022
  • All was well until 6:20 a.m. when the music on the motion detector by the closet started to play.
    — Julie Jordan, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Public figures are served notice that the media’s sharpest bull detector is back on the job.
    — David Bauder, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There has never been a more important time to have a good BS detector.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 11 July 2024
  • The rowhouse the Guatemalan family was living in lacked a smoke detector and a valid rental license.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Keep smoke and carbon monoxide detectors up to code and in good working condition.
    — Ryan Barone, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The detector buoys are removed to protect them from damaging winter storms and to prepare them for use next summer.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Nov. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'detector.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: