microcosmos

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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. Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microcosmos
Noun
  • This was a microcosm of a global humanitarian crisis.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • 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
  • The same problem exists in macrocosm at the school-district level.
    Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Vexingly, the war with Iran is reproducing in macrocosm what those wars taught in microcosm.
    Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This universe has no bigger or more important personality.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026
  • 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
  • There are a few things in this cosmos that are truly universal.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 May 2026
  • Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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