as in miracle
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 phenomenon
Again, Singer spotlighted the phenomenon over a decade ago, and franchise-mad Hollywood shows no signs of breaking with the pattern.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Here’s what to know about the strange phenomenon that’s affecting our planet’s rotation.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
At the same time, gauges for labor demand have very closely tracked this supply trend so far this year, which is an unusual phenomenon, Yardeni explained.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
This phenomenon is especially common among parents due to the overwhelming and often invisible labor required of caregivers.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Here’s what to know about the strange phenomenon that’s affecting our planet’s rotation.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
At the same time, gauges for labor demand have very closely tracked this supply trend so far this year, which is an unusual phenomenon, Yardeni explained.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
This phenomenon is especially common among parents due to the overwhelming and often invisible labor required of caregivers.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phenomenon
Noun
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Miranda stays calm throughout, which is sort of a miracle, but the interesting thing here is Joy’s reaction.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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There were just a lot of miracles along the way that allowed this to be made.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Alves devoted part of that speech to the wonders of this country by providing the blessings of freedom and opportunity to people like him.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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The solipsism of low self-esteem is one of the wonders of the human psyche.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Themes Woven from Everyday Wonder Rather than searching for drama, Bone Flute leans into the quiet marvels of everyday experience.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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On Helgoland, researchers presented a parade of technological marvels that all depend on the quantum math of Heisenberg and Schrödinger.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Phenomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phenomenon. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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