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something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger
The village is a microcosm of the whole country. The game was a microcosm of the entire season.
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This year, over 200 sponsors will educate attendees on their brands through live activations and free samples.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025 -
At the heart of the festival is a marketplace inside the convention center, with food producers, community organizations and restaurants handing out food samples to thousands of foodies passing through throughout the weekend.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Over and over, representatives declared that AI was not sci-fi but a fact of modern life, and that international regulatory guardrails needed to be developed immediately, especially around autonomous weapons and nuclear.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The projects were unveiled before a high-level panel of commissioning editors and distributors, including Mehdi Bekkar of Al Jazeera, Katie Bench of Dogwoof, Elsa Rodríguez Monje of Movistar Plus+ and representatives from Arte France, Rakuten, RTVE and the Sundance Institute.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Microcosms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosms. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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