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phenomena

[fi-nom-uh-nuh] / fɪˈnɒm ə nə /
NOUN
something known through senses
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Hardly anything is overdone here and, in one essential way, Enyedi is also making the case for movies themselves as phenomena to protect and treasure: ecosystems of light, texture, wonder and nourishment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Among the decades-worth of reports released in the files are dozens of individual claims of sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Thanks to its infrared vision, the telescope will be able to observe light emitted by celestial bodies billions of years ago, effectively looking back in time to hopefully discover more about the two phenomena.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Their findings, reported in Nature Physics, open a new path for studying quantum phenomena and position graphene as a powerful platform for exploring effects that were previously out of reach in laboratory settings.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

He knew, for example, that it was called paramnesia, and he was interested as well in such corollary optical phenomena as jamais vu, never seen, and presque vu, almost seen.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller



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