phenomenon
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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
Growing concern over the phenomenon has led to a flurry of recent legislative proposals.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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
“We didn’t know it would be the phenomenon it became.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
A similar phenomenon had followed slavery and Reconstruction, as white elites struggled to define a new racial order with the understanding that whatever the new order would be, it could not include slavery.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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