microcosm
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Released in 2013, the next instalment, "GTA V", involves a microcosm of US class warfare with stereotypes on both sides: left-leaning urbane hipsters pitted against Midwestern rednecks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
When they scored, it was a microcosm of their class, a lethal moment of accuracy and brilliance.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
“The View” is not just a television show; it is a microcosm of the electorate Vance needs and does not yet have.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
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
This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Her approach consists of combining aerosol and seawater samples with sediment records, satellite data and lab microcosms to pin down cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
“So why would we not shine a spotlight on sports that are microcosms of the real world? What I love about ultimate is that mixed isn’t combining two things. Ultimate is mixed, at its core.”
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
Since Marcel lives in the human world, Slate said that one of the major joys of creating his microcosms lies in repurposing household items from their intended use for his everyday activities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
But the historian Qin Shao has argued that early teahouses still had subversive power as microcosms of both city and country.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
Oh, I’d seen Klein bottles and Mobius strips and other things that twist in on themselves and into other dimensions, twisting into microcosms and macrocosms—into elsewhere, in any event.
From Political Application by John Victor Peterson
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