How to Use phenomenon in a Sentence
phenomenon
noun
- The movie eventually became a cultural phenomenon.
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This is part of a phenomenon at the Yosemite right now.
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Tom Stienstra,
SFChronicle.com,
25 June 2018
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This new study is the first to show that the phenomenon is not unique to Amazon.
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Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Sep. 2021
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And that phenomenon reminds me that life brings change -- in the sky and on our earth.
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cleveland,
15 June 2020
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Accounts of the phenomenon date all the way back to ancient Greece.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
20 Aug. 2020
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The phenomenon was not unique to Texas, but it was pronounced here.
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Katharine Jose,
Chron,
1 Sep. 2022
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Now, the 22-year-old is spurring something of a merch phenomenon, too.
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Liana Satenstein,
Vogue,
14 May 2018
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The incident leads him down a path to study the phenomenon, leading him across the world.
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Andrew Liptak,
The Verge,
21 Dec. 2018
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But the phenomenon is much bigger than Lee and her fans.
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Sarah Watts,
The Cut,
1 Nov. 2017
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In that sense, Kohl’s run of election blow-outs was partly a phenomenon of the times.
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Craig Gilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2024
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From here, the fog phenomenon can seem like a living event.
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Tom Stienstra,
SFChronicle.com,
12 July 2018
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But at the same time, with the whole e-commerce and this social media phenomenon, the world has shrunk.
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Jane Thier,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2024
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Hard to tell how real this phenomenon is right now, but it’s one to keep an eye on.
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Fortune,
24 July 2019
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This was 16 years ago, and in the years since, street style has become a global phenomenon.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
3 Aug. 2023
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These phenomena can cause sea levels to rise near the ice sheets and fall in the mid-latitudes.
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Frank Hulley-Jones,
Washington Post,
17 Nov. 2023
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But things seem to be changing, and the phenomenon referred to as the lock-in effect is easing.
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Alena Botros,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2024
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The phenomenon has left some places with a shortage of supply and others with a glut.
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BostonGlobe.com,
18 Apr. 2021
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The phenomenon has threaded through society since it was born in the Bronx in 1973.
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Morgan Hines,
USA TODAY,
10 Aug. 2023
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Tents themselves seem to play a role in this phenomenon.
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Sam Quinones,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2021
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But the rise in gun violence is not just a big-city phenomenon.
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Washington Post,
14 June 2021
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This phenomenon isn’t the most important thing about our response to the virus, not even close.
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Rich Lowry,
National Review,
3 Aug. 2021
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The phenomenon that created the rings are light echoes.
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Rebecca Cairns; Video By Milly Chan,
CNN,
12 Aug. 2021
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And so that phenomenon can kind of be broken by a public tech bank.
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Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
23 May 2023
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The sluggish pace of fourth-round signings is a new phenomenon.
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Ben Volin,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 May 2022
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Delta isn’t alone in offering travelers a chance to see the phenomenon from the sky.
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Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2024
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Simmons’ might be the most instructive gaze through which to view the phenomenon.
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David Murphy,
Philly.com,
2 Feb. 2018
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One of his first comments onstage was praise for the phenomenon.
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Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Nov. 2023
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That question can be answered by the fact that that phenomenon is unknown to us.
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Rachel Becker,
The Verge,
18 Apr. 2018
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What does the 11:11 phenomenon have to do with angel numbers?
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Francesca Murdaca,
Glamour,
11 Oct. 2023
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Now, in just a short time, the campaign has turned into a worldwide phenomenon.
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Cathy Kozlowicz,
Journal Sentinel,
22 Dec. 2022
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