phenomenon
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On Thursday, firefighters said the phenomenon caused a smoldering fire in an underground PVC drainage pipe, as well as significant flames and smoke off the hillside, the fire department said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Individual investors have been pulling money out of private-credit funds at a rising pace this year, a phenomenon fund managers have blamed on irrational fears fanned by the media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Arguably war, especially in its modern version, is an emergent phenomenon triggered by a host of factors, but not by some genetic impulse we can’t be rid of.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Pop Mart's Labubu figurines, for example, became a global phenomenon with minimal traditional advertising.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The most notorious recent example of this phenomenon is surely Kennewick Man.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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