clique
Example Sentences
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His clique at OpenAI became known as “the pandas.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 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
The only member of the clique of hyperscalers to authorize new buybacks this year has been Alphabet, which said back in April that it would purchase up to $70 billion.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025
Flighty and magnetic, Oliver trills that his clique is “one big happy family,” using his faux-obliviousness to shield himself from being the bad guy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
For these writers, language is not a vehicle for clarity and grace but a way to signal their membership in a social clique.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.