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microcosm

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


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The long journey to get a subway along Wilshire, Elkind said, is a microcosm of just how difficult it is to build rail in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Our critic called the show “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 • May 3, 2026

Karagümrük isn’t a part of Istanbul that tourists visit, but it is a microcosm of Turkey’s cultural tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

What a 26,758-strong crowd at Emirates Stadium witnessed on Sunday was a microcosm of Arsenal's season.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 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




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