Example Sentences

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The Find My app will send you a notification that says “AirTag Detected Near You.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

Detected by emitted luminosity, they spin and oscillate to the same height repeating to the same frequency— like ticking clocks with a predictable periodicity, but patterned across time, invisible to sight.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2023

"Unknown Accessory Detected," the notification stated, according to the Facebook post.

From Fox News • Jan. 6, 2022

Detected in an extensively used utility called Log4j, the flaw lets internet-based attackers easily seize control of everything from industrial control systems to web servers and consumer electronics.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

—How like a hateful ape, Detected grinning 'midst his pilfer'd hoard, A cunning man appears, whose secret frauds Are open'd to the day!

From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir