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phenomena

[fi-nom-uh-nuh] / fɪˈnɒm ə nə /
NOUN
something known through senses
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"We expect many other interesting phenomena caused by scrolling and are going to study them."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

“Rather than relying on a single metric such as polling, it takes a multidimensional approach to evaluating candidate viability. That approach better reflects how political scientists measure complex phenomena like electoral competitiveness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

An uncontrolled, sudden increase in voltage in the system "on a day with multiple concurrent phenomena" led to instability and "cascading generation", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The Fed research and similar papers try to put some numbers on these phenomena.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

With a background in math and physics, she brought to the job an understanding of the physical phenomena behind the calculations she worked on.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly