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phenomena

[fi-nom-uh-nuh] / fɪˈnɒm ə nə /
NOUN
something known through senses
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"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

Unlike psychology, which operates on an individual level, sociology considers human phenomena in the aggregate and often over the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 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

Studies have been done, in fact, in which experts in a given field have analyzed such random phenomena and come up with cogent “explanations” for the patterns.

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



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