microcosm

In reality, he was an enterprising newspaperman whose passion for Hong Kong is a microcosm of his love for America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Night Nurse” is more about the microcosm of this sleepy retirement community — where money and power still have influence, despite their stasis — than it is the outcome of Eleni and Douglas’ affair.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

When they scored, it was a microcosm of their class, a lethal moment of accuracy and brilliance.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Not in the sense of the atoms of my body becoming closer and more dense, but a fusion—as the atoms of my-re^merge into microcosm.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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 ● Dec. 30, 2025

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

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