: phenomenon
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: a person of phenomenal ability or promise
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That, combined with the lucrative opportunities of the American sports and entertainment market, intensifies the impulse to catapult teenage soccer phenoms into stardom.
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Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The Athletics return to the Bay Area (at least for a weekend) in mid-May, and the Giants also have a chance to see the reigning MVPs in Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani; rookie Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki; and the Mets’ new $765 million man, Juan Soto.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Hopes rested on the shoulders of two young phenoms who entered the league the year the lockout ended: Sidney Crosby, the divine 18-year-old Canadian drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, and of course, Ovechkin, the bruising 20-year-old from Moscow.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
With opening day barely a week away, most of the phenoms and prospects have seen their big-league uniforms shoved in the back of the closet.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
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Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The Athletics return to the Bay Area (at least for a weekend) in mid-May, and the Giants also have a chance to see the reigning MVPs in Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani; rookie Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki; and the Mets’ new $765 million man, Juan Soto.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Hopes rested on the shoulders of two young phenoms who entered the league the year the lockout ended: Sidney Crosby, the divine 18-year-old Canadian drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, and of course, Ovechkin, the bruising 20-year-old from Moscow.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
With opening day barely a week away, most of the phenoms and prospects have seen their big-league uniforms shoved in the back of the closet.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Phenom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenom. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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