: phenomenon
especially
: a person of phenomenal ability or promise
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Freshman phenom Malachi Toney caught one of those touchdowns — wide open for a 22-yard score in the second quarter — and threw one of his own on his way to catching 13 passes for 126 yards.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
But the good fortune Dallas had to draft Duke University phenom Cooper Flagg may have changed their plans.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Amid the blowout, Colorado shut down San Jose’s 19-year-old phenom, Macklin Celebrini.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025
Before the season, Kansas fans joked — or perhaps hoped, with the loftiest of ideals — that big man Flory Bidunga and freshman phenom Darryn Peterson would become KU’s iteration of Shaq and Kobe.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
But the good fortune Dallas had to draft Duke University phenom Cooper Flagg may have changed their plans.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Amid the blowout, Colorado shut down San Jose’s 19-year-old phenom, Macklin Celebrini.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025
Before the season, Kansas fans joked — or perhaps hoped, with the loftiest of ideals — that big man Flory Bidunga and freshman phenom Darryn Peterson would become KU’s iteration of Shaq and Kobe.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Phenom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenom. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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