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microcosm

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


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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

Hassabis’s life is a microcosm of the AI industry’s broader evolution.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 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

This was Alexander-Arnold in microcosm, and was not the sort of performance to have Tuchel shuffling the names already formed in his mind for World Cup selection.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

I had never heard anyone use the word microcosm.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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