phenomenon

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They also noted the need to better understand this phenomenon to mitigate risks to future astronauts who might be exposed on the lunar surface.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

What began as a grungy early 2000s desert fest has since evolved into a high-end global cultural phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The vow was the most recent example of a phenomenon taking over on Wall Street: how some of the world’s very richest are bringing their smallest problems to the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Different species sometimes arrive at the same biological solution on their own, a phenomenon known as parallel evolution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

This fact gave him no solace, for he saw immediately that the same phenomenon that had diminished nearly every one of his works—Central Park, Biltmore, the world’s fair, and so many others—had occurred yet again.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson