clique

Example Sentences

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Miller was popular in the sense that she was part of a clique and had social status, but her former classmates said that popularity shouldn’t be confused with being well liked.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

The only member of the clique of hyperscalers to authorize new buybacks this year has been Alphabet, which said back in April that it would purchase up to $70 billion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

To make a music scene you need four things: cheap housing, recent art-school graduates, a stage where anyone can play and a small clique of young critics eager to discover a new subculture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Flighty and magnetic, Oliver trills that his clique is “one big happy family,” using his faux-obliviousness to shield himself from being the bad guy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Of his clique, Mandela was now alone on the team, which included Bosnians, Kosovars, and Somali Bantu kids he’d never met before.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John