Sentence examples for phenomenon date from inspiring English sources

Although field observations about the phenomenon date to the origins of natural history, experimental studies did not begin until the 1970s.

Although the first records of this phenomenon date from the late 19th century, the mechanisms and molecular basis of tissue tropism are not fully understood.

The phenomenon dates from the early 18th-century, when textile producers began hunting for an alternative to mulberry silkworm.

The obsession with box office numbers is a modern phenomenon, dating to the mid-80, but so too is cynicism about the numbers.

Skyscrapers are a relatively recent phenomenon, dating only from the completion (1968) of the 36-story Kasumigaseki Building just south of the government ministries.

The discovery of the reversal phenomenon dates back to the 1970s.

Hipsters are surprised to learn that the "booty call" phenomenon dates back to the '50s and earlier.

First, the earliest transport of obsidian into the Levant is usually associated with the Epipalaeolithic Natufian cultural complex (∼ 14.5 11.5 ka); however, the phenomenon dates farther back to a period following the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition.

So, perhaps the phenomenon dates back even further.

The Warcraft universe is far older than the recent WoW phenomenon, dating back to 1994, and is arguably to blame for creator Blizzard Entertainment hiring a historian to keep track.

For those new to the world of voguing, the phenomenon dates back to the 1960s, when LGBT African American and Latino dancers brought the first iteration of the precise, symmetrical moves to the ballrooms of Harlem.