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Today, the 21-year-old two-way phenom is a contender to go No. 1 overall in this month’s amateur draft and is likely a long-shot to slip to the Padres at No.
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Noil, a prep phenom out of New Orleans who had an up-and-down college career at Texas A&M, was signed by the Seahawks after taking part in the rookie mini-camp as a tryout player.
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When the adaptation of Bryan K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples’ long-running comic book finally entered production, no one could have predicted that the movie’s breakout star would be a onetime rock-climbing phenom.
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First Known Use of phenom
1881
PHENOM Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of phenom for English Language Learners
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: a person who is very good at doing something (such as a sport)
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