phenomenon
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They also noted the need to better understand this phenomenon to mitigate risks to future astronauts who might be exposed on the lunar surface.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Experts have spent years studying this phenomenon, trying all sorts of nudges and tricks to get people more inclined to save for retirement.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
The vow was the most recent example of a phenomenon taking over on Wall Street: how some of the world’s very richest are bringing their smallest problems to the masses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Different species sometimes arrive at the same biological solution on their own, a phenomenon known as parallel evolution.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Scientists just assume that we can’t really be the center of the universe–think what that would imply–but that the phenomenon must be the same for all observers in all places.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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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