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microcosmos

noun

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  1. microcosm
  2. macrocosm
  3. universe
  4. cosmos
  5. sphere
Noun
  • And while Tong wasn’t perfect Monday, his performance in the Mets’ 9-4 victory served as a microcosm of his roller-coaster season.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Against this microcosm of the class war Lee sets the emergence of artificial intelligence, which threatens to further destabilize labor across a range of industries — including his own.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of microcosm
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
Definition of macrocosm
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  • Whether these stories are fictional or heightened for comic effect is irrelevant; Simmons-Patterson’s conversational delivery and sly smile are so magnetic that audiences want to spend time in his universe either way.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • All in all, Neagley is a worthy addition to the Reacher universe.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of universe
Noun
  • The Swift Observatory has been observing the cosmos for more than two-decades, but its rapidly declining orbit has put it in jeopardy of reentering Earth's atmosphere and burning up.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Here’s how to make your cosmos bloom again (and again) right through summer to the first fall frost.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of cosmos
Noun
  • Perfect circles, balls, spheres adrift somewhere in her imagination.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Moon in your partnership zone squares Mercury in your domestic sphere, bringing competing needs into the same room.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
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“Microcosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosmos. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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