phenomenon
Example Sentences
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Instead, they have produced a quintessentially American phenomenon: a roaring engine of upward mobility.
The Joseph P. Kennedy isn’t even close to the biggest offender of this grotesque phenomenon.
From Salon
But she thought the television series might have been an indie hit, not the phenomenon on Netflix it became.
From BBC
Rupert's been described to me, at 94, as still "the sharpest person in the room" and a "phenomenon who loves papers and has ink in his veins".
From BBC
It’s a year-round phenomenon, but it gets magnified around the holidays when we attend more social gatherings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
