microcosm

Example Sentences

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His restart for Graham - speedy thinking and immaculate execution - was Russell in microcosm.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

The opening goal was a microcosm of all of those things.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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

It is a microcosm of the broader trade landscape in Malaysia, an emerging economy where U.S. exports have to compete with locally made products and goods from elsewhere, particularly China, Malaysia’s biggest trading partner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

We regarded the struggle in prison as a microcosm of the struggle as a whole.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela