as in representative
something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger
The village is a microcosm of the whole country. The game was a microcosm of the entire season.
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Recent Examples of microcosm
This bowl game and this stadium has been a microcosm of our history — both good and bad — for generations.
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views that collective national trauma through the microcosm of a fictitious New Mexico small town.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
For Adolf Hitler’s acolytes, the home was the microcosm of the nation, and mothers were its keepers.
—Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
His work in Marseille, a city that's a microcosm of many of the world's challenges, including migration, climate change, income inequality and interfaith clashes, may help bolster his chances of leading the church through a host of secular problems.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views that collective national trauma through the microcosm of a fictitious New Mexico small town.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
For Adolf Hitler’s acolytes, the home was the microcosm of the nation, and mothers were its keepers.
—Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
His work in Marseille, a city that's a microcosm of many of the world's challenges, including migration, climate change, income inequality and interfaith clashes, may help bolster his chances of leading the church through a host of secular problems.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microcosm
Noun
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Billboard has reached out to the group’s representatives for comment.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
1 June 2025
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The 11-year-old company sends representatives to talk to store owners in person about getting on the platform rather than trying to reach them online, Feng said.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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Tickets for the cooking challenge are $70 per person and include three drinks on top of the competition samples and other bites from Mulvaney’s, according to the organizers.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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The sample size for Turner is a slash line of .268/.326/.366 in 44 at-bats.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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For example, the family of Martin Gutierrez, whose body was found in the lake in 2018, before the media frenzy around Lady Bird Lake, believe he was drugged while on a night out.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Or why, for example, would Wayne Rooney, his former Old Trafford colleague, sign him twice for both Derby County and DC United?—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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“Microcosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosm. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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