Crossword-Solution: DETECTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Detection | n. | The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “DETECTION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Nero Wolfe's forte. | 1 answer |
| Police business. | 1 answer |
| What sleuthing is all about | 1 answer |
| Work for Sherlock. | 1 answer |
| detective fiction | 1 answer |
| Perry Mason's forte. | 2 answers |
| ascertainment | 5 answers |
| unearthing | 6 answers |
| espial | 10 answers |
| exploration | 33 answers |
| Exposure | 61 answers |
| Revelation | 61 answers |
| Notice | 75 answers |
| Discovery | 77 answers |
| Strike | 102 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DETECTION (5)
Such was his cunning, that we used to call him, among ourselves, “the snake.” When we were at work in the cornfield, he would sometimes crawl on his hands and knees to avoid detection, and all at once he would rise nearly in our midst, and scream out, “Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!” This being his mode of attack, it was never safe to stop a single minute.
The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet transceiver at the end of every packet to show that the collision-detection circuit is still connected.
Disguised, if you will agree to it, as my lacquey, you will, I think, escape detection.” “I am entirely at your service, Madame,” rejoined the young man earnestly.
Because of this I have moved with such great caution.” But we reached the upper galleries without detection and presently Thuvia halted us at the foot of a short, steep ascent.
Only part of what he said came to me, for though he was evidently laboring under the stress of passion and excitement, it was equally apparent that he did not dare raise his voice for fear of detection.
Quotes with DETECTION (3)
Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.
It seems that the Parisian Oulipo group has recently constructed a matrix of all possible murder-story situations and has found that there is still to be written a book in which the murderer is the reader. Moral: there exist obsessive ideas, they are never personal; books talk among themselves, and any true detection should prove that we are the guilty party.
The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to avoid feeling the effects of our behavior. We can never afford to be truly seen and known — even by ourselves.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1951–2015).