How to Use phenomena in a Sentence

phenomena

noun
  • And concern over crime is not a new phenomena for the park.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • To have not known the cause of the phenomena would have been very disconcerting.
    Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Initially, in 2009, the idea was to look at the phenomena of people changing their lives.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some phenomena are more well-known than others, though, and some are harder to catch.
    Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 14 May 2022
  • Bolsonaro is quick to downplay the phenomena of fire events.
    Cnn's Camilo Rocha, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The luxury slump has become one of the biggest phenomena of a tight 2023.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The Genesee Theatre in Waukegan opened in 1927 and has been the subject of ghost sightings and unexplained phenomena.
    Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • This is in line with the phenomena of self-care and self-preservation as opposed to selfishness.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But as a scholar, he is also intrigued by the use of new kinds of data to explore complex phenomena.
    New York Times, 4 June 2022
  • There is a fear that the time, energy and money invested will be lost, a phenomena known as the sunk cost fallacy.
    Lindsay Kohler, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In the face of a rapidly changing world, the preservation of objects, organisms and phenomena takes on a new urgence.
    Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The stunning natural phenomena, which looks like flowing lava, is best seen on clear nights when sun strikes at just the right angle.
    Radhika Chalasani, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Here are some types of tornadoes – and other, much smaller phenomena that spin up like tornadoes – and how to tell them apart.
    Doug Criss, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Young Palestinians who took part in protests last year see no contradictions in the two phenomena.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In the future, Webb may take a closer look at the planet, digging deeper into the phenomena that cover its surface.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Avilés said that the destruction of homes, the loss of jobs or businesses, and overt poverty, all caused by these phenomena, are why many people have decided to leave the island.
    Camila Pedrosa, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2022
  • It’s been able to predict and explain a huge amount of scientific phenomena.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2023
  • For young writers/actors like John Owen, the nepotism charge will likely stay on the tip of critical tongues, even if Unstable contends with the dark side of this phenomena.
    Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Well, with the exception of a few pop culture phenomena (Xbox, Beatles records, the newest iPhone), a great gift is one that not everybody else is getting.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The Lofoten Islands, Norway The northern lights are one of the world’s most beautiful natural phenomena, but seeing it with your own eyes is all down to timing and a pinch of good luck.
    Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Some such figures will likely wind up as nothing more than social-media phenomena, or exiles on the fringe.
    The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
  • Lemon, appearing to be unsatisfied with the answer, again pressed Rhome on what effect climate change could have on the phenomena.
    Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) accelerated at speeds up to Mach 1, the speed of sound.
    Jeffrey Clark, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Scientists from some 35 countries have used the GMRT to study a variety of phenomena.
    Byscience News Staff, science.org, 23 Feb. 2023
  • UAPs are things observed in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or be explained by natural phenomena.
    Lindsey Rupp, Fortune, 9 June 2022
  • More than 15 years after fast radio bursts were discovered, new research has both unraveled and deepened the mystery of the sources of these deep space phenomena.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This phenomena has continued into 2022 and was seen during and after the Pelosi visit.
    Dan Chen, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Beach closures that were once thought of as largely a wintertime occurrence now appear poised to become a year-round phenomena in San Diego’s South Bay.
    Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2022
  • The nine-month study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) began on Monday, according to a press release from the agency.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Strange phenomena call our attention to the sprawling nature of time and our own insignificance.
    Michael Friedrich, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022

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