as in representative
something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger
The village is a microcosm of the whole country. The game was a microcosm of the entire season.
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Recent Examples of microcosm
Those first two weeks after the time shift are a microcosm of winter: as we’re plunged into darkness, we’re forced to confront our thoughts and feelings about winter—good or bad.
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Kari Leibowitz, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
The fighting in Donetsk is a microcosm of the wider war.
—David Axe, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Falling in love with all things Iceland: ‘My life changed’
Working for that company proved to be a microcosm of Chambers’ conversion to a true-blue Icelander: challenging at first, but eventually eye-opening.
—Ryan Ermey,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the campaign ahead for Harris and Trump, where the nominees are in a literal head-to-head polling tie, according to RealClearPolitics.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024
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Kari Leibowitz, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
The fighting in Donetsk is a microcosm of the wider war.
—David Axe, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Falling in love with all things Iceland: ‘My life changed’
Working for that company proved to be a microcosm of Chambers’ conversion to a true-blue Icelander: challenging at first, but eventually eye-opening.
—Ryan Ermey,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the campaign ahead for Harris and Trump, where the nominees are in a literal head-to-head polling tie, according to RealClearPolitics.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microcosm
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Let District 3 voters pick council member We the people in District 3 deserve to elect our replacement representative.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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For example, a company may want to introduce a product in new markets but can't finance new sales representatives due to unpaid invoices from distributors.Oleg Chanchikov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In general, the larger the sample size in such studies, the greater the chances are that the outcome will be statistically significant.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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So, for example, there’s a move to generate artificial data using artificial intelligence to increase our sample size.Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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For example, Private Relay obscures your IP address while browsing the web using Safari.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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This evolutionary partnership is still intact to this day, with leafcutter ants being the prime example.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Microcosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosm. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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