microcosm
Example Sentences
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“It’s a microcosm for what’s happening in Humboldt County. It’s a microcosm for the challenges that California is facing.”
From Los Angeles Times
The undulating layers and microcosms that make up her jewelry’s signature “biomorphic” look extend into her fine art practice, as well.
From Los Angeles Times
“I just like to break it down to the smallest microcosm of what a football play is,” Haines said.
From Los Angeles Times
Friday's innings at Adelaide was almost this issue in microcosm.
From BBC
But Eisenstein’s staging, and in particular the editing, create a microcosm of the authorities’ cold-blooded reaction to popular unrest across Russia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
