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phenomenon

[fi-nom-uh-non, -nuhn] / fɪˈnɒm əˌnɒn, -nən /


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He noted the long-documented phenomenon that his supporters frequently fail to vote in nonpresidential elections.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

"Forceful actions will be taken to put an end to this phenomenon," Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Monday.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

"Ananya's work demonstrates that each of these peculiarities can be explained by the same underlying phenomenon: the tidal destruction of a binary system and the capture of one of the stars," Coughlin says.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

The immediate culprit for these highs is high pressure aloft, which brings a phenomenon meteorologists call “compressional warming.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

First, genes had to explain the phenomenon of variation: How could discrete units of heredity explain that human eyes, say, do not have six discrete forms but seemingly 6 billion continuous variants?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“There’s a phenomena during El Niños where the waters offshore California get warmer, and they actually rise up, up to a foot, sometimes more, higher than average,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

"Just like superconductivty, charge density waves are a collective phenomena where electrons move together in certain ways," explains lead author Yifan Su.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Martin Griffith, the director of Brecon Beacons Observatory, in Wales, described the eclipse as "one of the great phenomena of nature".

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

"There are moments when nature and the intensity of weather phenomena surpass any human planning and any operational capability."

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Almost never is inductive reasoning taught or are mathematical phenomena studied with an eye toward guessing the relevant properties and rules.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

And now they are poised to begin that most rare of modern phenomenons - a multi-week tour that includes a proper Test series.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The regional deluge was caused by the combined effect of two weather phenomenons, El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, said Nazanine Moshiri, a climate analyst at the International Crisis Group.

From Reuters Nov. 8, 2023

In the ensuing decades, the country boasted some of the highest standards of living in Latin America as well as some of its lowest crime rates — two phenomenons that its leaders insisted were linked.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2023

The former president scored a nod for outstanding narrator for his work on Netflix’s “Our Great National Parks,” a five-part docuseries that spans five continents and the natural phenomenons that make them beautiful.

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2022

Their disappearances were phenomenons that happened every time Hyacinth gave Franz a bath.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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