old-boy network
Example Sentences
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He’s part of the old-boy network that works to protect companies like DuPont.
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2019
Patsy Cline, who died in a plane crash the year before Parton got to town, had recently challenged the industry’s old-boy network, in which women almost never headlined shows.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2017
No other college combines the intimate academic setting and broad curriculum of a LAC with a potent old-boy network.
From Economist • Oct. 29, 2015
Senate, a record-breaking moment for women: The 113th Congress, beginning Jan. 3, has a record number of female senators, with voters in November shaking up the old-boy network.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2013
He reminds us that the SAT was viewed, upon its introduction, as a liberal reform — a breakthrough for meritocracy, a way to jettison the old-boy network that fenced out minorities and nonlegacies.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2011
