Synonyms for detecting
de·tect·ing

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1. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthingnoun

   a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

   "detection is hard on the feet"

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, sleuthing, sensing, detection, signal detection, catching, espial, spotting

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1. List of paraphrases for "detecting":

   detect, detection, discovery, identifying, identify, sensing, discover, screening, discovering

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1. Dan Lindsey:

   The Advanced Baseline Imager, or ABI, is ideal for detecting the thermal signature, or the hot spots, from the fires, sometimes, it's even able to detect the fires before they're reported from the public. This is really critical information to get to firefighters so that they can take care of the fires before they can become out of control.

2. Carl DeMaio:

   First, the homeless population increase, which provides a source of food which supports population growth, second, many local governments, including Los Angeles, have banned the most effective practices for detecting and eradicating rats.

3. European Council:

   Next week in Strasbourg I will appeal to the European Parliament to speed up work on the EU Passenger Name Record system, which can help in detecting the travel of dangerous people.

4. Chris Vagasky:

   It’s the most extreme concentration of lightning that we’ve ever detected, we’ve been detecting lightning for 40 years now, and this is really an extreme event.

5. Jessica Spencer:

   We are not there yet, first of all, i have no doubt as the genome is better characterized, there will be more ways of detecting things that aren't necessarily associated with health problems.