variants
or phenomenons
as in prodigies
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
His live performances have become cultural phenomena in their own right.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Built in 1867 by wealthy businessman William Culbertson, the home has become infamous for unexplained phenomena.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
This simple idea — that all phenomena in the Universe are fundamentally physical phenomena — is known as reductionism.
—Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
Because of the way the phenomena appears to those using a telescope, they're referred to as Einstein Rings.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Built in 1867 by wealthy businessman William Culbertson, the home has become infamous for unexplained phenomena.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
This simple idea — that all phenomena in the Universe are fundamentally physical phenomena — is known as reductionism.
—Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
Because of the way the phenomena appears to those using a telescope, they're referred to as Einstein Rings.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phenomena
Noun
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In the heart of Somerville, Massachusetts—a hipster enclave outside Boston—a group of Gen Z tech prodigies is flipping the script on government infrastructure.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Much like other sporting prodigies, such as US tennis star Amanda Anisimova, Su spent the ensuing months recharging his batteries.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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Even more encouraging, its findings, along with those from other early gene-therapy trials, point toward a future when more children (and maybe, in time, adults as well) can experience their own small miracles of science.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Gilda touched people's hearts through her voice, her compositions and the stories told by her fans, who attributed miracles to her.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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Leading up to the Great American Eclipse, these safety spectacles became a bit hard to find, so buy them and more eclipse gear and merch early.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Kiss wouldn’t have another Top 10 until long after Frehley left in 1981, but the quartet’s albums continued to sell well as its arena concerts became spectacles.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
16 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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Though Beetlejuice exists in a macabre wonderland (its practical effects are still marvels), the film never loses its gooey center.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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The brain, already primed by expectation or anxiety, magnifies those sensations, producing very real pain, bloating, brain fog, fatigue or mood swings.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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Daedone wanted to savor decrescendo, too, as well as stasis, stupor, spiritual awakening, and whatever other sensations the stroke brought out.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Phenomena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phenomena. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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