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phenomena

[fi-nom-uh-nuh] / fɪˈnɒm ə nə /
NOUN
something known through senses
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Natural phenomena such as wildfires and auroras, which the satellites can also detect, were excluded from the analysis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

Seen through this lens, contemporary phenomena that appear baffling begin to make sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Welikala had stumbled upon one of L.A.’s more unlikely cultural phenomena: Public Assembly theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

In January Macleod's eldest daughter captured her first images of the phenomena.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Interference from airflows bouncing off the solid walls of the test section, one of the phenomena examined by Margery Hannah and Sam Katzoff in their 1948 report, was one of the limitations of ground-based testing.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly