microcosmoses

noun

plural of microcosmos
as in microcosms

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  1. microcosms
  2. balls
  3. orbs
  4. spheres
Noun
  • 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
Definition of microcosms
Noun
  • Particularly, soccer balls are having a moment in America, and the numbers don’t lie.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Each part looks radically different today than when players first started knocking balls around hundreds of years ago.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of balls
Noun
  • Cellphone footage shows two glowing red orbs floating across the sky.
    — Collin Binkley, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • According to the documents, the objects appeared above a ridgeline and, in some instances, seemed to generate additional smaller orbs.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Definition of orbs
Noun
  • More than 160 years earlier, Galileo's telescopic observations had revealed mountains, valleys, and craters on the lunar surface, overturning the ancient notion that heavenly bodies were perfect spheres.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Tradition of separation The idea of separate spheres of spiritual and secular functions and authority was advanced by religious and secular thinkers to benefit both religion and the state.
    — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of spheres
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