phenomena

[fi-nom-uh-nuh] / fɪˈnɒm ə nə /

NOUN

something known through senses

Synonyms

STRONG

development experience phantasm wonder

WEAK

phenomenality

Example Sentences

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Both phenomena can interfere with satellite signals and radio communications.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

But what are consistently intriguing are the methods of detection—ever-evolving and ever-revealing—focused on historical phenomena.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Hardly anything is overdone here and, in one essential way, Enyedi is also making the case for movies themselves as phenomena to protect and treasure: ecosystems of light, texture, wonder and nourishment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Buzz Aldrin, famed astronaut from the Apollo 11 mission, said in a 1969 interview published on Friday that he saw several inexplicable phenomena on his trip to the Moon.

From BBC • May 8, 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