as in universe
the whole body of things observed or assumed almost the entirety of the vast macrocosm remains beyond our reach

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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. 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
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Noun
  • The short answer is yes, the show takes place in the same universe as Bethesda's games.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Mattel hit it big with Barbie in 2023, and have since endeavored to create a cinematic universe of their own, telling The New Yorker shortly after Barbie's release that the company had 45 films in development.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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  • Only a handful of people saw the image of a verdant untarnished outside world before Bernard pulled the plug.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The book’s long-story-by-the-fire quality, combined with its fairy-tale deployment of castles, unfair punishments, and the thrumming, powerful natural world, evokes the most affecting children’s literature.
    Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The nature of the G objects and the evolution of binary systems in extreme gravitational fields remain ongoing questions, but discoveries like D9 bring astronomers closer to understanding how stars can exist—and thrive—near the heart of our galaxy.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Then there’s me, the one whose lack of innate ability seems to have defied both nature and nurture.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Macrocosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macrocosm. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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