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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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This was a microcosm of a global humanitarian crisis.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The turmoil within the Star Wars fandom, in Carano’s telling, is a microcosm of a broader sickness.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The same problem exists in macrocosm at the school-district level.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Vexingly, the war with Iran is reproducing in macrocosm what those wars taught in microcosm.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This universe has no bigger or more important personality.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Rounding out the 2023 film's cast were Busy Philipps, Jenna Fischer and Jon Hamm, who were new to the Mean Girls universe.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Noun
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There are a few things in this cosmos that are truly universal.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 May 2026
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Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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According to Maryland leaders, the addition of the sphere would support further economic development in the region.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Its glass sphere, mounted in a curved metal frame, acts as a magnifying lens, focusing sunlight onto a paper card and burning a streak along it as the sun moves through the sky.—
Laura Martin Agudelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Microcosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosmos. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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