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sleuths

noun

plural of sleuth

as in detectives

a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts

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Recent Examples of sleuths Just days later, Kelce was photographed traveling with the same dog, and online sleuths quickly connected the pup to an April 2026 video clip of a similar dog jumping into one of Swift’s cars. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026 Amateur sleuths, armchair lawyers and influencers have turned the soon-to-conclude trial into snackable, whodunit content, dissecting every detail and advancing their own theories across TikTok and other social platforms. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 Internet sleuths accused him of trying to improve his lie in the rough, similar to allegations against Bryson DeChambeau at the British Open last month. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Entertainment industry deaths Internet would-be sleuths have popped up in Zach’s Hickerson’s comments on social media this week. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Internet sleuths, predictably, have seized on this ambiguity as proof of malfeasance. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 In the last line of a Free Press from 1918, history sleuths found their answer. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Tips have poured in from as far away as Kansas, with internet sleuths and true crime influencers tracking every theory. — Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Fans started to act as super sleuths, investigating Inviz’s actions and trying to track down Gerasimov. — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Police said homicide detectives were called to the scene and a person of interest was detained.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Psychiatrists need to be good detectives during the entire process, even after a patient is on a medicine.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of detectives

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Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Because one of the boy's family members had measles, investigators tested the boy's lung tissue and found evidence of measles infection, Diamantoni said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

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