phenomenon
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United Nations experts have predicted an exceptionally strong cycle of the El Nino climate phenomenon, which causes global changes in winds and rainfall as well as erratic weather conditions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The structure appears to have existed for at least 1000 years, meaning the magnetic field alone cannot yet explain the full phenomenon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
They posted on message boards, and the site was continually updated before the film’s release, helping turn a tiny found-footage horror movie into a grassroots phenomenon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The slow-moving storm is being fuelled by extremely warm waters caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Please see Standing Waves and Wind Instruments73 for an explanation of this phenomenon.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
They combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped demonstrate that one of quantum physics' strangest phenomena, quantum entanglement, can persist even among some of the heaviest and shortest-lived particles ever produced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
"Monotile patterns provide a platform for exploring optical phenomena that emerge from the interplay of symmetry, chirality, and aperiodicity."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The same phenomena that we saw in the global financial crisis “are all in place now, again.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
One aspect of the Scientific Revolution consists in the extension of mathematical theories to include sublunary phenomena.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
And now they are poised to begin that most rare of modern phenomenons - a multi-week tour that includes a proper Test series.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Many arts leaders reported that, try as they might, very few shows — short of pop-cultural phenomenons like “Hamilton” — were drawing the kinds of crowds that could fill coffers in the long term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
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
Their disappearances were phenomenons that happened every time Hyacinth gave Franz a bath.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Vocabulary lists containing phenomenon
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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