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clique

[kleek, klik] / klik, klɪk /


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His clique at OpenAI became known as “the pandas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Set in a Dallas shopping mall, “Forbidden Fruits” revolves around an elite clique of retail employees who run a witches’ coven out of the basement of their boho boutique Free Eden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

But the standout character is "queen bee" Regina, head of the Plastics clique and the meanest of the mean girls.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Miller was popular in the sense that she was part of a clique and had social status, but her former classmates said that popularity shouldn’t be confused with being well liked.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

There was a tight, fashionable clique of Californians at Hampden, mostly from San Francisco and L.A.;

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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