microcosm
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In reality, he was an enterprising newspaperman whose passion for Hong Kong is a microcosm of his love for America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
Hassabis’s life is a microcosm of the AI industry’s broader evolution.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
It not only generates headlines and moments that travel far beyond the Empire Polo Club, but serves as a microcosm of the attention economy underpinning the broader media and entertainment landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Farmville, the town that Dorothy left behind in the 1940s, had become in the 1950s a microcosm of Americas struggle over integration in its public schools.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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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
“Hospitals and other health care entities are microcosms of society,” said Rumay Alexander, who teaches nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and advises the American Nurses Association.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Its nature was conditioned by the kinds of men, the microcosms, that composed it.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
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