coterie
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This is a novel about pettiness, middle-class superficiality, disloyalty, prejudice and cruelty, with this coterie of rather vile friends acting as a microcosm for a society in decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
MetaX Integrated Circuits, the Chinese AI chipmaker and part of a coterie of fast-growing tech stocks known as the “Little Dragons,” enjoyed a wildly successful launch on the Shanghai exchange Wednesday.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
During Newby’s tenure as chief justice, a cartoon has hung in the Supreme Court depicting him as Superman, surrounded by a coterie of conservative appellate justices caricatured as other members of DC Comics’ Justice League.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
As in many such shows, there is a coterie of easily distinguishable friends at its center.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
He had a bevy of female admirers — but also a coterie of critics, who considered him a dandy and a playboy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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