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Recent Examples of microcosmos
Another number down the list would have drawn knowing nods within the microcosmos of horse racing intellectuals: The cost of breeding a mare with Scat Daddy, the blossoming sire merely 11 years old, had sprouted from $35,000 to $100,000.
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Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microcosmos
Noun
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Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge and Southwest Mountains, the 5-acre parcel is a microcosm of the region.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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That game was a microcosm of the 22-year-old’s roller-coaster tournament: 5-for-8, 2-for-4 from three, 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals, one block, five turnovers and eight fouls in 20 minutes.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
18 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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In the Taylor Swift universe hardly anything is a coincidence.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
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Kane enters Fitzgerald’s universe seamlessly, combining facts from her life and imagined connections and scenes.—
Jane Ciabattari
August 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Stephen Hawking soon extended Penrose’s argument to the early universe, proving that a cosmos described by general relativity must have sprung from a singular point during the Big Bang.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
20 July 2025
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Long before our solar system took shape, before Earth had oceans, trees, or trilobites, something remarkable was already drifting through the distant cosmos.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Plans feature a performance sphere (similar to the version in Las Vegas) and retail promenade, with space that could one day accommodate gaming.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The social media sphere, where anyone can have a voice and following, also gives the company an idea of the intensity of Disney Adults, who might be angered by the removal of Magic Kingdom’s Tom Sawyer Island, the price of tickets or the very idea of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Microcosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosmos. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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