clubby
Example Sentences
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Few companies exemplify the clubby atmosphere and giant gains missed by everyday investors like the Elon Musk-founded rocket maker, which sends satellites and astronauts into space for the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Upon landing in a private airport, visitors get a luggage tag that some businessmen like to keep on their bags as a clubby accessory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
It reveals an American elite blinded to outrages occurring in plain view, due to the clubby nature of high society.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
After two years in her appointed role, she lost an election bid in 2011 but continued to make a name for herself in the tight-knit, clubby world of progressive West Hollywood politics.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Morgan knocked the ashes out of his short, clubby little pipe, put it in his shirt pocket behind his badge, and went on.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)