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phenomenon

[fi-nom-uh-non, -nuhn] / fɪˈnɒm əˌnɒn, -nən /


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This makes the phenomenon potentially important for air quality and climate processes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

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

I tried to trace it back to the original poster but eventually gave up—Space Boy had become an international phenomenon.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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