phenomena
Example Sentences
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“There’s a phenomena during El Niños where the waters offshore California get warmer, and they actually rise up, up to a foot, sometimes more, higher than average,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
These odd phenomena convinced ancient cultures that eclipses were signs of the apocalypse -- or messages from the gods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Together, they can focus on objects across deep space and help researchers work out how planets and stars form and galaxies evolve, and study other space phenomena.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
One of the phenomena examined in “Out of Time” is why more Pompeiians didn’t flee during or after the foreshadowing earthquakes, and that’s a fascinating area of study all its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In a way, it is the most unbiologic of all phenomena, violating the most fundamental myth of the last century, for it denies the importance of specificity, integrity, and separateness in living things.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
