variants
or phenomenons
as in miracles
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
Arctic ice at the North Pole has caused similar phenomena, such as the Ping, a persistent underwater ringing recorded in the summer of 2017.
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Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
But in the early 19th century, mathematicians started to encounter phenomena — infinite sums and strange, jagged curves, for instance — that defied their intuition for what was possible.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Regardless of how anyone might have felt about the new picture that Einstein’s greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, brought along with it, the behavior of physical phenomena in the Universe doesn’t lie.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
Even so, the phenomena of meteors making their way through Earth's atmosphere between periods of peak activity isn't unusual, Ralph Harvey, a geological sciences professor at Case Western Reserve University, told the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
But in the early 19th century, mathematicians started to encounter phenomena — infinite sums and strange, jagged curves, for instance — that defied their intuition for what was possible.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Regardless of how anyone might have felt about the new picture that Einstein’s greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, brought along with it, the behavior of physical phenomena in the Universe doesn’t lie.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
Even so, the phenomena of meteors making their way through Earth's atmosphere between periods of peak activity isn't unusual, Ralph Harvey, a geological sciences professor at Case Western Reserve University, told the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phenomena
Noun
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That wasn't the case, as there were no miracles to be had for this Blue Devils team.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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These scholars have argued that all those odd things—levitation, bilocation, miracles of all kinds, witchcraft—really did happen.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Simply adding insulation works wonders for many older buildings, and installing solar panels can cut electric bills to a trickle.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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After exploring the wonders of the cloud forest, head to the Nicoya Peninsula.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mimicry, in which an organism resembles an unrelated species, is one of the great marvels of evolution.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Orioles broadcaster Kevin Brown marvels.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Phenomena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phenomena. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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