microcosm

Example Sentences

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The match-winning try scored by Italy utility back Leonardo Marin once again involved a line-break in the 10-metre channel - a microcosm of England's vulnerabilities out wide after being eviscerated there by Scotland and Ireland.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The breakdown of the Chopras serves as a microcosm for the decay of the state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Tuliaupupu’s near-decade playing college sports is a microcosm of a growing trend in the amateur ranks, where athletes are staying in school longer to keep playing and competing as students.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

"The world's still full of those confused little boys creating chaos in the world in the guise of men and hopefully this is a little microcosm of that which helps us understand that," he adds.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Not in the sense of the atoms of my body becoming closer and more dense, but a fusion—as the atoms of my-re^merge into microcosm.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes