microcosm
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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
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
The laundry room was both one of the wars obscure crannies and a microcosm of the war itself, a sophisticated, efficient machine capable of processing eighteen thousand bundles of laundry each week.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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