phenomenon
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This phenomenon, known as "rate softening," is uncommon in most materials.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Although it’s established itself as a cultural phenomenon, “Euphoria” fought strong critical winds this season, as its Rotten Tomatoes score indicates.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The coming weeks will determine if this sporting and commercial phenomenon finally breaks America.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
They found that the decline in birth rates accelerated once smartphones became widely available -- a phenomenon found across countries "with fundamentally different healthcare, welfare, economic, and cultural environments."
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Remarkably, the phenomenon was proved in 1997 when physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing phenomenon
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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