Thesaurus results for MICROCOSMS

microcosms

noun

plural of microcosm

as in samples

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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Recent Examples of microcosms Two totally different microcosms. —

Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 The results don’t feel like beats from a trashy TV show but instead like microcosms of the culture wars, raising uncomfortable questions about what the unscripted space is willing to normalize and gamify in 2026. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026

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Noun

After trying all 22 samples at the tasting, here are five goal-scoring food items and a few honorable mentions with an assist.

— Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Cordell from Yuba Water Agency said initial field checks near the incident showed high turbidity, or cloudy water, and that other water quality samples have been sent to a lab for analysis.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026