clique
Example Sentences
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Independent non-executive chair Chris Train stepped down on Friday after the report described the firm's leadership as an "unaccountable clique".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
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
There was one Canadian member of my clique, who always blathered on and on about how her parents had taken the appropriate legal channels to move to the United States.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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