phenomenon

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Some are mentally soothed by repeating specific words or phrases, a phenomenon known as echolalia, which can be misinterpreted by someone unfamiliar with the trait as mocking or uncooperative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

For multinational corporations, this creates a phenomenon Stratford calls the “frown curve” hypothesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"There is a dramatic change in the lattice when you shine light on it, a unique phenomenon that you don't see with silicon or gallium arsenide," Leite said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The only nomination - and maybe this suggests the stifling of wingers is a division-wide phenomenon - at six is Antoine Semenyo, who recently won his first trophy, the Carabao Cup.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He let the phenomenon run its course and came to himself, exhausted, as if the experience had been strenuous and demanding.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman