phenomenon
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The warming El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to return in the middle of the year, which could push global temperatures even higher, raising the threat of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Since the pandemic, there has been an incredible phenomenon where vulgarity, crude humor and haunting news have gone viral on social-media platforms, creating an entertainment expectation from our representatives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
This phenomenon was first explained in the 1950s by physicists John Bardeen, Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Arbitration has also become a massive phenomenon, siphoning countless cases off from the courts into a shadowy, opaque system that nobody can ever truly fully observe.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
She would pick out a word and tell me what it meant—words like pedagogy and phenomenon.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Vocabulary lists containing phenomenon
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Eclipse Vocabulary
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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