as in universe
the whole body of things observed or assumed almost the entirety of the vast macrocosm remains beyond our reach

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Recent Examples of macrocosm For me, to have this opportunity as two women is really thrilling professionally, personally, especially in the macrocosm of theater. Dave Quinn, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024 Microcosm also meets macrocosm in Nohemí Pérez’s drawings: five monumental works that show forests on fire in the Catatumbo region of Columbia, which Pérez calls home. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024 The social slippage that has led the world to become a macrocosm of the Swap Shop — so many of us free-diving for usable ephemera, pooling our limited resources with one another — is not something to celebrate. New York Times, 3 May 2022 But the flower choker holds a unique place in the macrocosm of the early aughts revival. Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2022 In the macrocosm of white patriarchy and supremacy, Yendry understands that opposing standards hardly shields us from a world functioning from the very prejudices that impact Black and brown communities around the globe. Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2022 In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 6 Jan. 2020 In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 6 Jan. 2020 But a broken nation is not a macrocosm of a broken family. Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
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Noun
  • Wi Ha-jun has played several memorable supporting roles in series like Gyeongseong Creature and Little Women, before landing this breakout role in the Squid Game universe.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 26 June 2025
  • Fresh singles from the Netflix reality universe — including Madison Errichiello and Amber Desiree from Love Is Blind, and Ollie Sutherland and Freddie Powell from Love is Blind UK — will look to couple up against Too Hot to Handle alum Jaylen Brown, Louis Russell and Lucy Syed.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Across the technology investing world, investors are scaling their bets on a seductive thesis: Generative AI will transform low-margin service businesses into high-margin software companies.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • Our copyright statutes were written for a world of photocopiers and cassette tapes, not cloud infrastructure and self-learning algorithms.
    Aron Solomon June 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
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  • This combination of diagnostic capability with a conversational nature and flow is a key differentiator for Beauty Genius, which was unveiled by L’Oréal chief executive officer Nicolas Hieronimus at the 2024 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • This premise reminds me a bit of George R. Stewart’s Storm, but with a more folkloric spin: a creative way to examine how humanity and nature relate, and how all life is knotted together.
    Literary Hub July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025

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“Macrocosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macrocosm. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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