detect
verb (used with object)
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act.
has been detecting
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present perfect progressiveof detect (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Although scientists are working on ways to eliminate or repair these cells, a major challenge has been detecting them within living tissue without disturbing nearby healthy cells.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025
For the past 10 years, an array of small light sensors drilled into Antarctic ice has been detecting neutrinos as they zip through our planet.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2023
The capital has been detecting a few dozen new cases almost every day since the first infections of its outbreak were discovered on April 22.
From Reuters ● May 14, 2022
But with an election just a year away, the party has been detecting worrying signs.
From BBC ● May 13, 2021
Jim Watterson, 31, an Atlanta luggage salesman, has been detecting for a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
