How to Use microcosm in a Sentence
microcosm
noun
- The game was a microcosm of the entire season.
- The village is a microcosm of the whole country.
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The scene was a microcosm of the 29-year-old’s rough week at the US Open.
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Jayna Bardahl,
BostonGlobe.com,
18 June 2022
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For him, the gym is like a microcosm of the world at large.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2023
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In a way, the game was a microcosm of Saguaro’s season.
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Theo MacKie,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Nov. 2022
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The economies of scale are, of course, unique to the microcosm of exotic cars.
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Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
22 July 2023
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The Suns could be a microcosm of how the virus has impacted teams in the league.
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Duane Rankin,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Jan. 2022
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The downturn of the city’s Union Square is a microcosm of that struggle.
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Samantha Delouya,
CNN,
30 Aug. 2023
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This is the problem that's a microcosm of the problem writ large in law.
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Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2021
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In some ways, Utah County can be looked at as a microcosm for the state as a whole.
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Daedan Olander,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
31 Mar. 2022
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The last drive was a microcosm of the game, the Chargers converting 14 of 19 third downs.
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Dylan Hernández Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Sep. 2021
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The 67-year-old list has long been seen as a microcosm of U.S. business at large.
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Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
2 June 2021
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And, in its own way, the academy is a microcosm of that trend.
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New York Times,
29 Mar. 2022
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The league’s presence at Gillette is a microcosm of its growth around the nation.
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Trevor Hass,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Sep. 2023
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The band itself was a kind of a microcosm of a greater South African / African landscape.
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Outside Online,
26 June 2024
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That play was a microcosm for the impact Xavier's big men would have in the second half.
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Adam Baum,
The Enquirer,
14 Nov. 2021
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In that sense, beetles are a microcosm of the tree of life, McKenna says.
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Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Apr. 2024
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However, the play by Finley was a microcosm of how the game would go for the Tigers.
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Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected],
al,
18 Sep. 2022
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Thornhill, in some ways, is a microcosm of the Browns defense as a whole.
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Dan Labbe,
cleveland,
6 Sep. 2023
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But in a way, the blackout — and the Dragons' response to it — was a microcosm of their 2022 season.
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J.l. Kirven,
The Courier-Journal,
1 Oct. 2022
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Meat, of course, is not the only culprit; but it’s a microcosm of the food tech debate.
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Jan Dutkiewicz,
Wired,
27 Nov. 2021
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In terms of the microcosm that was this series against a strong Mariners team, the loss was an outlier.
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Sarah Valenzuela,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Sep. 2022
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The back-and-forth is a mere microcosm of the culture wars ripping our country apart.
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Erika D. Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Aug. 2023
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That in some ways, the story of the effort to create a self-driving car is a microcosm.
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Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 May 2022
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For Caverly, the episode is a microcosm of the struggles some Deaf people face.
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Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2022
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Portland’s wage quandary is a microcosm of the challenge that plagues the nation.
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oregonlive,
13 June 2021
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That rollercoaster of a scene is a microcosm of the show itself.
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Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2022
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In a sense, the city serves as a microcosm of a larger-scale public health crisis.
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Maytal Eyal,
Wired,
4 Nov. 2021
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Attempting to capture even a microcosm of that on the page is challenging enough.
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Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2024
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This is a microcosm of the political battles that continue to be waged over clean-air policies.
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Christine Ro,
Forbes,
6 Sep. 2024
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