Thesaurus results for MICROCOSMS

microcosms

noun

plural of microcosm

as in samples

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 microcosms In my writing, these spaces tend to act as microcosms for the bigger socio-political stage. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 Jacksonville is a huge place with a lot of different microcosms. — Becky Wern, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026 Two totally different microcosms. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 The results don’t feel like beats from a trashy TV show but instead like microcosms of the culture wars, raising uncomfortable questions about what the unscripted space is willing to normalize and gamify in 2026. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026

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After carefully selecting specimens with reliable dates and locations, the team extracted DNA using techniques designed for highly degraded historical samples.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Putting aside the transport logistics, which generally puts turnaround in the 24 hours range, Biolyz can only handle about 160,000 samples annually.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of samples

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The justice ministry rejected the criticism, saying the proceedings complied with Syrian law and included the participation of victims and their representatives.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Variety has reached out to representatives for ABC and Gutman for comment.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026