detect
verb (used with object)
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act.
have been detecting
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present perfect progressiveof detect.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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Surveillance officers have been detecting cases early, as well as controlling mosquitoes.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
The reading that the scientists obtained a few weeks ago, of 40 degrees near the bottom of the fjord, fit a broader pattern that researchers have been detecting in the past few years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2010
