phenomenon

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None of these summer-style temperatures in early spring bodes well for the actual summer ahead, in which a “Super El Niño” is predicted to unleash itself, a weather phenomenon some are calling “Godzilla El Niño.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The team turned to the Talbot effect, a classical optics phenomenon first described in 1836 by Henry Fox Talbot.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Some are mentally soothed by repeating specific words or phrases, a phenomenon known as echolalia, which can be misinterpreted by someone unfamiliar with the trait as mocking or uncooperative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

For multinational corporations, this creates a phenomenon Stratford calls the “frown curve” hypothesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A subtler expression of this geographically varying ease of spread is the phenomenon termed preemptive domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond