phenomena

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Heuristics is the fancy term for the human readiness to shove phenomena into categories into which they don’t quite fit, mainly to economize on mental effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

"We expect many other interesting phenomena caused by scrolling and are going to study them."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Welikala had stumbled upon one of L.A.’s more unlikely cultural phenomena: Public Assembly theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

"Unfortunately, natural processes are often accelerated by meteorological phenomena, such as the tail end of storm Oriana", he said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Indeed, if you looked carefully, all the chaotic and complex phenomena of the world were the result of highly organized natural laws.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee