microcosm
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“Night Nurse” is more about the microcosm of this sleepy retirement community — where money and power still have influence, despite their stasis — than it is the outcome of Eleni and Douglas’ affair.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Hassabis’s life is a microcosm of the AI industry’s broader evolution.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
What a 26,758-strong crowd at Emirates Stadium witnessed on Sunday was a microcosm of Arsenal's season.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
It might be thought that Copernicus was responsible for the destruction of the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Her approach consists of combining aerosol and seawater samples with sediment records, satellite data and lab microcosms to pin down cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
The second is that issues like trans health care, which is focused on a small and vulnerable community, can be microcosms of much bigger problems, and should be situated in context.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025
“So why would we not shine a spotlight on sports that are microcosms of the real world? What I love about ultimate is that mixed isn’t combining two things. Ultimate is mixed, at its core.”
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
“These tiny microcosms live together in a beautiful way and give space to each other,” she noted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Only the sounds of late-migrating geese disturbed the stillness, passing over but not touching the thousand microcosms below, alone unto themselves.
From The Mantooth by Leadem, Christopher
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