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microcosm

[mahy-kruh-koz-uhm] / ˈmaɪ krəˌkɒz əm /


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After a decade there, Shotwell took a role at another space company, called Microcosm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Musk deserves credit for hiring Shotwell away from Microcosm, an El Segundo rocket company, and staying out of her way while taking credit for the company’s achievements as a government contractor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Some of these women’s projects look like dead-end paths in retrospect; Hall’s hypermedia system Microcosm, for instance, was steamrolled by the web.

From The Verge • Mar. 5, 2018

That some wounds are yet to heal isn’t surprising for the author of The Microcosm.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2017

Since the whole Microcosm I maintain, Let me, as Prince, above the Senses reign.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various




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