phenomenon

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For decades, the number of transistors that can be put onto a chip has doubled every two years: this is a phenomenon known as Moore's Law.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

"While heat domes are a natural weather phenomenon, anthropogenic climate change is making heatwaves more severe and more likely to reach record-breaking temperatures," she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Around the time Corriveau and Corley were seeing traction with the early iteration of their dual restaurant-and-arcade concept, a cultural phenomenon rose in nascent techno and house scenes of cities from Detroit to Ibiza: raves.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

If we keep winning, packed stadiums singing the national anthem won’t be rare, and soccer will finally become a national phenomenon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

In consequence, every living cell has a consistent, low level of C14—they are all very slightly radioactive, a phenomenon that Libby first observed empirically.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann