phenomenon

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This phenomenon, known as "rate softening," is uncommon in most materials.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Yes, the angry Angeleno archetype is a real phenomenon that flares up in local elections to smack back at the powers that be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

They found that the decline in birth rates accelerated once smartphones became widely available -- a phenomenon found across countries "with fundamentally different healthcare, welfare, economic, and cultural environments."

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

He either swats away shot attempts or, more often, makes would-be shooters run away in terror before they even look at the rim—a phenomenon known as the “Nope.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Physicists began to think that string theory would unify quantum mechanics with relativity; they believed that it would lead to the theory of quantum gravity—the Theory of Everything that explains every phenomenon in the universe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife