escape detection
idiom
: to not be discovered, found, or noticed
Many cases of fraud escape detection.
Examples of escape detection in a Sentence
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The worry is that an object just a little larger than Saturday’s missile could again escape detection and explode with lethal effect over an unaware, unwarned city.
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Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
But Hamas’ planning did not totally escape detection.
—Haleigh Bartos, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
In each case, armed drones were able to escape detection and exploit coverage gaps in older systems built with larger piloted aircraft in mind.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2020
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
To escape detection and moderation, smugglers recruiting drivers do not mention delivering migrants across the border.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
As his case has now gained much attention, many have wondered how Duggar was able to escape detection for so long.
—Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 7 May 2021
Although animal and human vision have evolved to efficiently perceive a complex visual world by relying on cues such as coherent edges, color contrast, and texture differences, natural camouflage has evolved to frustrate these perceptions to escape detection.
—Lakshman Prasad, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2016
Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
But Hamas’ planning did not totally escape detection.
—Haleigh Bartos, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
In each case, armed drones were able to escape detection and exploit coverage gaps in older systems built with larger piloted aircraft in mind.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2020
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
To escape detection and moderation, smugglers recruiting drivers do not mention delivering migrants across the border.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
The vessels move very low in the water to escape detection but rarely are able to fully submerge.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 May 2023
As his case has now gained much attention, many have wondered how Duggar was able to escape detection for so long.
—Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 7 May 2021
Although animal and human vision have evolved to efficiently perceive a complex visual world by relying on cues such as coherent edges, color contrast, and texture differences, natural camouflage has evolved to frustrate these perceptions to escape detection.
—Lakshman Prasad, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2016
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