microcosm
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"That's the sort of microcosm of what I see in America at its best moments."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The opener was a microcosm; Naderi robbing Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kelsy then picking out Neil for a sumptuous finish.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The play, which takes place in the period predating smartphones, offers a microcosm of American life, not unlike the Grover’s Corners of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” before our brains were all rewired.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
It is a microcosm of the world’s society, with one important exception: Nearly everyone attending the festival is well educated.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
We regarded the struggle in prison as a microcosm of the struggle as a whole.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
My project Common Ground delves into how London parks serve as microcosms of infinite perspectives, a stage from which to observe the myriad of facets in urban life.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Beautifully illustrated by her brother, Billy Renkl, “The Comfort of Crows” may help readers see their own microcosms in a different light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
As searching, wondering, reflecting, relating microcosms within this perplexing health nursing world for longer than a quarter of a century, we present this book.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
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