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Recent Examples of macrocosm
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.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024
The social slippage that has led the world to become a macrocosm of the Swap Shop — so many of us free-diving for usable ephemera, pooling our limited resources with one another — is not something to celebrate.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
But the flower choker holds a unique place in the macrocosm of the early aughts revival.
—Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2022
In the macrocosm of white patriarchy and supremacy, Yendry understands that opposing standards hardly shields us from a world functioning from the very prejudices that impact Black and brown communities around the globe.
—Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2022
In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience.
—Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 6 Jan. 2020
Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024
The social slippage that has led the world to become a macrocosm of the Swap Shop — so many of us free-diving for usable ephemera, pooling our limited resources with one another — is not something to celebrate.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
But the flower choker holds a unique place in the macrocosm of the early aughts revival.
—Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2022
In the macrocosm of white patriarchy and supremacy, Yendry understands that opposing standards hardly shields us from a world functioning from the very prejudices that impact Black and brown communities around the globe.
—Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2022
In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience.
—Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 6 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for macrocosm
Noun
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In an alternate universe, one in which Kansas City doesn’t become major league in 1955 ...—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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Her character discovers her own connection to experimental drug trials from her childhood that gave her enhanced abilities, while navigating complex relationships across parallel universes and serving as the linchpin in the battle to save both worlds.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For the last few years at Northwest, the basketball world wondered when McCollum would make the next move.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Hundreds of years in the future, a now-sightless society exists in a medieval-like culture, believing stories of the old world to be more like legends rather than history.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the internet culture pantheon, few fanfic writers have ever achieved fame, and those that have sometimes do so for the salacious nature of their work.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
18 Mar. 2025
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Marsh views and the shade of live oaks maintain the connection to nature and stays include daily Lowcountry meals carefully sourced from local farmers or the on-site garden.—
Elaine Glusac,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Macrocosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macrocosm. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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