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
  • Tim Yu, vice president of global communications and purpose at Jordan Brand, said the location was designed to reflect the brand universe inspired by Michael Jordan.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Mondadori has ambitiously grown the vivid Cabana universe beyond the magazine’s pages and by opening a complementary Milan shop in 2024 that teems with tableware, home decor, and vintage goods.
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • In our personal lives, texts are faster; in our professional ones, email is how many of us do much of our communicating with the outside world.
    Ashley Abramson, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • This story is part of The Star’s ongoing coverage of the rapidly expanding world of the Kansas City Chiefs.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Catholic natural law operates on the premise that humans are created in God’s image, and social order and domestic tranquility require that humans understand, accept and honor the qualities ordained by nature, especially the distinction between male and female.
    Peter H. Schwartz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Neither are brutal players by nature, nor is Logan Stanley who’s been Winnipeg’s most consistent attempt at a third-pairing left defenceman.
    Murat Ates, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Macrocosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macrocosm. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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