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Recent Examples of microcosmos
Another number down the list would have drawn knowing nods within the microcosmos of horse racing intellectuals: The cost of breeding a mare with Scat Daddy, the blossoming sire merely 11 years old, had sprouted from $35,000 to $100,000.
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Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microcosmos
Noun
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The line was a microcosm of the central issue that plagued Bargatze’s performance.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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This is a microcosm of what happens every day inside organizations.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Microcosm also meets macrocosm in Nohemí Pérez’s drawings: five monumental works that show forests on fire in the Catatumbo region of Columbia, which Pérez calls home.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
28 Nov. 2024
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For me, to have this opportunity as two women is really thrilling professionally, personally, especially in the macrocosm of theater.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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More Disney/Eric McCandless ABC is expanding its Dancing With the Stars universe with a new official podcast hosted by Season 33 champion Joey Graziadei.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This, in turn, reflects our experiences here on planet Earth, giving spiritual meaning to the cycles of time, not just through planetary movements but through the cosmos' mythological archetypes.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Milky Way sprawled above like a luminous brain—countless stars clustered in neural patterns, a cosmos of flickering connections.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Perfume houses might use microencapsulation, putting fragrance oils inside teeny spheres that break down slowly to release the notes over time.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The planet sitting below was dramatically oversimplified — just a smooth sphere with no geography or oceans.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Microcosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosmos. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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