clubby
Example Sentences
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His preferred fundraising style was “less based on relationships, much more based on math and giving everyone a chance to participate,” versus the clubby tactic of playing investors against each other, Michael said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Few companies exemplify the clubby atmosphere and giant gains missed by everyday investors like the Elon Musk-founded rocket maker, which sends satellites and astronauts into space for the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
It reveals an American elite blinded to outrages occurring in plain view, due to the clubby nature of high society.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
After two years in her appointed role, she lost an election bid in 2011 but continued to make a name for herself in the tight-knit, clubby world of progressive West Hollywood politics.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
And our having to almost walk upon one another and squeezing past and bumping so often—why, you all get clubby, mighty soon.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Hungerford, Edward
