: phenomenon
especially
: a person of phenomenal ability or promise
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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.
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Twelve of those completions on Saturday went to Toney, the true freshman phenom who once again did a little bit of everything (146 receiving yards, 16 rushing yards and a 15-yard completion).
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
The fifth season of the Duffer brothers’s cultural phenom arrives on Netflix three drops—the first portion on November 26, the second part on Christmas Day, and the finale on New Year’s Eve.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2025
Next came the two interviewers of the bunch, best-selling self-help phenom Mel Robbins and actor and comedian Dax Shepard, who has had about 1,000 conversations with A-listers and scholars since 2018 on his show Armchair Expert.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Twelve of those completions on Saturday went to Toney, the true freshman phenom who once again did a little bit of everything (146 receiving yards, 16 rushing yards and a 15-yard completion).
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
The fifth season of the Duffer brothers’s cultural phenom arrives on Netflix three drops—the first portion on November 26, the second part on Christmas Day, and the finale on New Year’s Eve.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2025
Next came the two interviewers of the bunch, best-selling self-help phenom Mel Robbins and actor and comedian Dax Shepard, who has had about 1,000 conversations with A-listers and scholars since 2018 on his show Armchair Expert.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Phenom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenom. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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