phenomenon
Example Sentences
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The Crans-Montana fire bears the signature of flashover, the terrifying phenomenon by which a growing fire ignites much of a room nearby simultaneously.
The story of the rise and fall of African enslavement is often presented as a national story in the United States — and a mostly Southern one — rather than as the hemispheric phenomenon that it was.
From Los Angeles Times
Littler is a phenomenon but Van Veen was playing at the same level right up until the final - and arguably even for the first set or two of that.
From BBC
It has become a hot spot for “da ka,” meaning punching a card, a phenomenon in China where tourists go to locations specifically to take pictures and post on social media for digital clout.
This astronomical phenomenon requires the Sun, Moon and Earth to be in complete alignment.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
