microcosm

"That's the sort of microcosm of what I see in America at its best moments."

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

“What happens inside a fraternity party is really just a microcosm of what happens elsewhere on campus,” he said, insisting fraternities were “not a portal to Sodom and Gomorrah.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the way which Fox saw off the competition - and played the final hole - was a microcosm of his approach to the sport.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

“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

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

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

Since Marcel lives in the human world, Slate said that one of the major joys of creating his microcosms lies in repurposing household items from their intended use for his everyday activities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

One need not go to the antipodes to find the nerves and the tissues, the flesh and the blood, of these planetary evocations, of these microcosms of the universe.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys