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phenom

[fee-nom, fi-nom] / ˈfi nɒm, fɪˈnɒm /








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Routinely forgetting to drop the bat would be a bizarre mistake for any teenage baseball phenom who spent his youth ensconced in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Stolz was already the phenom who’d started skating on a backyard pond and worked with Olympic champion Shani Davis and the late Bob Fenn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

From being the teenage phenom to the seasoned veteran, Chloe is navigating the world as someone still learning about it while balancing her position as a mentor to the sport’s next generation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

But the young phenom also gets sacked more than almost any other quarterback.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

In vetting him for the job, his trainer neglected to look at his sister, a local basketball phenom.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand