phenomenon
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This phenomenon is often explained using the "twin paradox," where one twin travels at high speed and returns younger than the twin who stayed behind.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Turning specifically to people smuggling - either by gangs or orchestrated by hostile states - the declaration says that the phenomenon "risks undermining support for and the integrity of the Convention system".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
"The whole world is experiencing a prolonged drought but Turkey is also facing a severe hydrological drought," he said of a phenomenon where rainfall shortages hit the wider water system, depleting water bodies and groundwater.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“A phenomenon I have seldom seen,” he said cheerfully.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing phenomenon
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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