phenomenon
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As rising temperatures are shifting natural plant cycles, species that synchronise their migration or hibernation can be left without the flowers and plants they rely on – a phenomenon known as ecological mismatch.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The GI generation, the cohort that became the core of the postwar middlebrow phenomenon, would not have made that mistake.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
So you put all those things together and you end up with a real cultural phenomenon.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
The sports-betting phenomenon reveals, if nothing else, the loss of any notion that income should bear some relation to a product or service rendered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
As you get into greatly curved regions of space, bodies’ masses effectively increase, a phenomenon known as mass inflation.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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