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Recent Examples of microcosmosAnother 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.—Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
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.
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.
However, Bloomingdale’s must operate in its own luxury sphere and not be infected by Macy’s mass-market-think.
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
The flower-petal design offers two main advantages over spheres, which are typically either coated with medication or carry it in a minuscule internal reservoir.
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