clubby
Example Sentences
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His preferred fundraising style was “less based on relationships, much more based on math and giving everyone a chance to participate,” versus the clubby tactic of playing investors against each other, Michael said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
The clubby nature of private markets has long been a concern for Atkins, who served as a commissioner at the SEC under President George W. Bush before he was named chairman under Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 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
The 72-year-old pop icon is hanging out on a September afternoon in a leafy alcove at the clubby musician’s spot that’s been her go-to in Los Angeles since the early 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
We could of talked to plenty o' people here, all right; they were as clubby a gang as I ever seen.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
