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