clubby

Example Sentences

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The clubby Lloyd’s market connects thousands of buyers and sellers of risks daily, with deals struck in a cavernous underwriting room or the nearby bars, thronged by underwriters and brokers every lunchtime.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

It will also test the power of personal persuasion in the clubby Senate, whose members can often be influenced by fellow members whose counsel they trust.

From Seattle Times

Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse laid bare divisions in the usually clubby venture capital community, with some investors blaming their counterparts for igniting a panic that brought down a beloved startup business partner.

From Seattle Times

Yet, at another level, the bank’s swift fall had everything to do with its clubby clientele of Silicon Valley start-ups and the venture-capital and private-equity firms that fund them.

From Washington Post