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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a detention of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to holding someone in custody or confinement, often in a legal or disciplinary sense.
Example: "The school issued a detention of one hour for students who were late to class."
Alternatives: "a period of detention" or "a confinement of".
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Reasonable suspicion is not required for a detention of up to six hours to take place.
After a detention of nearly three months in perhaps the world's most repressive country, they have already paid a huge and unfair price for doing their job.
The penalties specify a detention of 20 to 36 hours, which is mild if compared to what happens to a driver caught drunk in the United States.
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Maximum efficiency of the reactor for phosphate removal was 99% at pH of 6, current density of 3 A, detention time of 60 min, and influent phosphate concentration of 50 mg/l.
A state department official said last week that the US had seen the reports of a possible detention of a US citizen, and was looking into it.
The maximum reduction in CST and SRF was observed at a detention time of 20 min and a voltage of 30 V.
Table 2 displays the color removal for the experiment after a detention time of 30 min.
Results indicated significant improvement in water quality within a detention period of 7 days.
Laypeople began gathering at the main gate of the monastery on April 12 to try to stave off a mass detention of monks.
"It's more of a detention centre or a prisoner-of-war camp," says Alex Holmes, the creative director, more alarmingly.
A statute permitting indefinite detention of an alien would raise a serious constitutional problem.
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