late detect

Frequency: 6.05.2 per million words

to find or notice something at a late stage of its development

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Examples (10)

  • The cancer was detected too late for effective treatment.
  • Unfortunately, the structural flaw was only detected late in the construction process.
  • The fraud was detected so late that the criminals had already vanished with the money.
  • We detected the critical software bug too late, just before the product launch.
  • If a potential threat is detected late, our response time is severely limited.
  • The company detected the shift in consumer trends late, losing significant market share.
  • He detected the warning signs of burnout in his team far too late.
  • Because the contamination was detected late, the entire batch of product had to be recalled.
  • The auditors detected the financial discrepancy late in the fiscal year.
  • A forest fire is much harder to contain if it is detected late.