Thesaurus results for PHENOMENA

phenomena

noun

variants or phenomenons

Definition of phenomena

plural of phenomenon

as in miracles

something extraordinary or surprising our jaws dropped when we saw this basketball phenomenon play for the first time

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Recent Examples of phenomena Sometimes, those experiments escape the festival entirely and go on to become global cultural phenomena. — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 Track storms in the Pacific Julia Gomez is a Trending reporter for USA TODAY and covers space phenomena, scientific studies and natural disasters. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 The former is meant to image extremely wide sections of the cosmos to capture tons of fleeting phenomena that are hard to catch — things like supernovas, fast radio bursts and maybe even colliding neutron stars. — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026 In fact, Travel Alaska says prime time to see the phenomena in The Last Frontier is between late-August and late-April, when less daylight leads to darker night skies. — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for phenomena

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Hundreds of puppets had to be created, and fitting characters like the Smiling Friends that were clearly designed for 2D animation into 3D spaces required some fabrication miracles.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2026
No one is expecting miracles this season, even with hundreds of millions of pounds worth of new players in the team.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of miracles

Noun

The Scene The Bayeux Tapestry, which went on display in the British Museum this week, is one of the wonders of the medieval world.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Frustrated and slightly panicked, Hannah explains that this has happened before and wonders if she’s broken.

— Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of wonders

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An Amazon subcontracted delivery driver marvels at the company’s surveillance of his work combined with their hands-off attitude towards any liability.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Here, age-old traditions fuse with contemporary flavors, archaeological marvels meet modernist museums, rugged peaks are juxtaposed against verdant plains, and stretches of sandy shorelines lead to charming inland villages.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

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