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
There’s been a strange phenomenon, how oftentimes movies on streaming services don’t make the impact culturally that movies in theaters can do.
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 May 2026
By creating mathematical models that describe the dynamical flow of gas and how pockets of gas rise, an international team of astronomers has now worked out the source of this huge atmospheric phenomenon.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 May 2026
Long a profit-driving staple of sportsbooks, parlays are a new phenomenon for prediction markets, which offer betting in an exchange format and are regulated by the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 13 May 2026
Across the lake is the city of Maracaibo, which sits directly north of the phenomenon.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 May 2026
By creating mathematical models that describe the dynamical flow of gas and how pockets of gas rise, an international team of astronomers has now worked out the source of this huge atmospheric phenomenon.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 May 2026
Long a profit-driving staple of sportsbooks, parlays are a new phenomenon for prediction markets, which offer betting in an exchange format and are regulated by the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 13 May 2026
Across the lake is the city of Maracaibo, which sits directly north of the phenomenon.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phenomenon
Noun
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But without the enormously impactful Doncic, his task has proven too tenuous, his responsibilities too unwieldy, his miracle too unworkable.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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To me, this is kind of a miracle.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Benjamín Echazarreta’s cinematography is alert to the workaday energy of the hotel as well as the eerie beauty of the setting, with its mix of fairy-tale wonder and bone-deep dread.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Some looks are too good to be treated as a one-wear wonder, and such looks are often by Chanel.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Purists and fans were dispirited; this 650 hp engine had its own fan base for its throaty power and engineering marvel.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Getting the carbon out of buildings, factories, and transportation infrastructure provides no awe, no spiritual elevation, no invitation for humans to reflect on the marvel that is our planet.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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“Phenomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phenomenon. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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