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
Hoover, a BookTok mega-phenomenon whose novels have dominated the New York Times best-seller list, has several books in the process of being adapted.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Thank you to these worldwide phenomenons for gracing us at our small mom and pop shop.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The stunning Louvre museum heist earlier this week in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The trek, in which the band performed at house parties across the country, became a viral phenomenon.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Thank you to these worldwide phenomenons for gracing us at our small mom and pop shop.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The stunning Louvre museum heist earlier this week in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The trek, in which the band performed at house parties across the country, became a viral phenomenon.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phenomenon
Noun
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In early tests, families reportedly played for two straight hours without anyone reaching for a phone — a small miracle in 2025.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Patience paid off for one overjoyed pet owner in Florida after a miracle recently took place.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on our planet, explore the wonders of our star's domain, or venture into the interstellar realm beyond it.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The property also serves as a basecamp to the wonders of Olympic National Park, with easy access to Sol Duc Falls, where water thunders over mossy rock, and the pristine, glacially carved Lake Crescent.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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This natural marvel, known as the Emerald Cave, is only part of the experience, which begins on the Colorado River where Nevada meets Arizona.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Technological marvels do little to ameliorate the hardscrabble existence of most workers; sixty-five-year labor contracts are the norm.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Phenomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phenomenon. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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