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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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In the late 1980s, Bilbao’s working-class suburbs were a microcosm of newly democratic Spain’s broader socio-economic transformation.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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Comparative impact of sunlight and salinity on human pathogenic virus survival in river, estuarine, and marine water microcosms PubMed.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 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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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,
New York Times,
3 May 2022
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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Our solar system, once thought to be the blueprint for all planetary systems, now stands as just one of countless possibilities—a unique configuration in a cosmos teeming with variety.—
Dakotah Tyler,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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The name reflects the lunar rover's mission and practical value in aiding the Chinese people to uncover the mysteries of the moon, which is in line with China's yearning to explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry and build itself into a space power, CMSA said in a statement.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Though France and the U.K., the apparent bulwarks of this new foundation of support for Ukraine, have been toeing the line to maintain positive relations with the U.S. as the geopolitical sphere of reality changes in Europe.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Samsung Makes Surprise New $203 Offer To Galaxy S24 Buyers My research has been following in his footsteps, bringing the concept of soft power to the domestic sphere.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Microcosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosmos. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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