microcosm

Example Sentences

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"He has broken quite a lot of glass, and these things have repercussions in our microcosm," Mercedes team principal Wolff told the Press Association.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Instead, “From the Shadows” is an ingenious microcosm, focused on the “candlelight” nocturnes of 1765 to 1773, when Wright was present at the creation of our age of science and spectacle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

His corner, in the 52nd minute, was a microcosm of the day.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 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

The physics that works for falling bodies and pirouetting ice skaters down here in the microcosm of the Earth makes galaxies up there in the macrocosm of the universe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan