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phenomenon

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


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I wrote about this same phenomenon in early 2024, when the S&P 500 finally broke through its previous record.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

According to news media materials, in the sixth installment of the romantasy phenomenon, “what was broken will be remade.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The Salt Path became a global phenomenon, but the story behind the book may be even more remarkable.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

He told the conference: "We discovered what we think is a black hole merging with a massive companion star, shredding it into a disk that feeds the black hole. It's a rare and awe-inspiring phenomenon."

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

He was so used to the wandering attention of his fellow classmates that the phenomenon here thrilled him.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Gregory thinks of how Iceland's first settlers must have felt witnessing such a phenomena more than a millennium ago, a time of mythological rather than scientific explanation.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

"These phenomena follow a regular cycle, peaking every 11 years," Brun said.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 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

The phenomena were observed earlier this month thanks to monsoon moisture coming from the south and bringing midlevel clouds.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

We thus have many different phenomena converging on the same conclusion: that food production spread more readily out of Southwest Asia than in the Americas, and possibly also than in sub-Saharan Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

And now they are poised to begin that most rare of modern phenomenons - a multi-week tour that includes a proper Test series.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The regional deluge was caused by the combined effect of two weather phenomenons, El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, said Nazanine Moshiri, a climate analyst at the International Crisis Group.

From Reuters Nov. 8, 2023

The former president scored a nod for outstanding narrator for his work on Netflix’s “Our Great National Parks,” a five-part docuseries that spans five continents and the natural phenomenons that make them beautiful.

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2022

But the story’s been somewhat different from other global phenomenons like Squid Game, whose English subtitles came under fire for being woefully inaccurate.

From The Verge May 19, 2022

Their disappearances were phenomenons that happened every time Hyacinth gave Franz a bath.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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