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phenomenon

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


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Although Deussing, a research group leader and experienced neurobiologist, had observed the phenomenon many times, he did not know exactly what type of cells were involved.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, experts in California say the disease appears to be becoming more of a summer rather than a winter phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

But as the phenomenon progressed, cloud in some areas cleared at least partially, offering glimpses of the rare celestial event.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The Arctic is warming several times faster than the global average, a phenomenon known as "Arctic amplification" -- and the effects aren't confined to the North Pole.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Passenger pigeons were but one example of a larger phenomenon.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"There are moments when nature and the intensity of weather phenomena surpass any human planning and any operational capability."

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Together, they can focus on objects across deep space and help researchers work out how planets and stars form and galaxies evolve, and study other space phenomena.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

In the 50 years that have followed, audiences have become somewhat less susceptible to scares, but no less susceptible to phenomena.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

One of the phenomena examined in “Out of Time” is why more Pompeiians didn’t flee during or after the foreshadowing earthquakes, and that’s a fascinating area of study all its own.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The tendency to attribute meaning to phenomena governed only by chance is ubiquitous.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The regional deluge was caused by the combined effect of two weather phenomenons, El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, said Nazanine Moshiri, a climate analyst at the International Crisis Group.

From Reuters Nov. 8, 2023

To better understand some of these new-sounding weather phenomenons, Times staff dived into the archives to see how long these phrases have made the news, and asked experts about their scientific origins and true meaning.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2023

But the story’s been somewhat different from other global phenomenons like Squid Game, whose English subtitles came under fire for being woefully inaccurate.

From The Verge May 19, 2022

When the show debuted twelve years, social media apps like Twitter and Instagram were on the precipice of becoming the cultural phenomenons they are today.

From Fox News Sep. 18, 2021

Their disappearances were phenomenons that happened every time Hyacinth gave Franz a bath.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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