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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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The final against Real Betis represented a microcosm of the problems that Maresca has been unable to shift.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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To that, defense attorney Brian Steel’s slicing up of the testimony of former hotel security guard and current LAPD officer Israel Florez on Day 1 of the trial yesterday was the approach of the Combs’ team in microcosm — find the contradictions, and the leaps of faith and pound on them.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
Noun
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For me, to have this opportunity as two women is really thrilling professionally, personally, especially in the macrocosm of theater.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
22 Nov. 2024
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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
Noun
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The creators have also previously teased upcoming projects in the Stranger Things universe.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2025
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Except in this strange universe, the boy retains his control and safety from beginning to end while everybody else is imperiled.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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As Penrose knew, nothing stands still in our cosmos, not even black holes.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2025
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The resulting Hubble Deep Field image revealed about 3,000 distant galaxies, offering humanity's first profound look into the universe's true immensity and revealing a cosmos teeming with galaxies, even at extreme distances.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The official dimpled sphere of the Deutsche Golf Verband (Deutschland’s equivalent of the USGA), Snyder launched stateside earlier this year after establishing a presence in their home country over the past half decade.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Knowing yourself is difficult, in part, because some behaviors and attitudes stem from the unconscious mind, outside your sphere of awareness.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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“Microcosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microcosmos. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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