detectors
- plural of detector.
Example Sentences
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ALTER: There are many more deaths from falls than from fires, but smoke detectors are required everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
As detectors become larger, manufacturing, assembling, and reading out millions of individual components can become a major technological and financial bottleneck.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
He said: "We went creeping around the grounds of this military base using ultrasound detectors to try to hear the male cicadas singing, so it did feel a bit James Bond."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Once operational, between 140 and 200 collisions will occur each time two packets of particles meet inside detectors in the tunnel, up from 60 currently.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
By the front doors are metal detectors manned by large grumpy people who perform random bag searches.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
