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phenomenon

[fi-nom-uh-non, -nuhn] / fɪˈnɒm əˌnɒn, -nən /


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This makes the phenomenon potentially important for air quality and climate processes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

This phenomenon is most evident on the African continent, where the number and weight of acts of terrorist violence have shifted from the Middle East and South Asia in recent years.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

The GI generation, the cohort that became the core of the postwar middlebrow phenomenon, would not have made that mistake.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

He described a phenomenon that he called "motorsport inflation", adding that he is "amazed" by the number of people able to race with the current costs.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 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




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