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coterie

[koh-tuh-ree] / ˈkoʊ tə ri /
NOUN
clique
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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At the signing on Saturday, Trump was surrounded by the typical coterie of administration officials, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime proponent of psychedelics.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Her “It” girls often keep company with a coterie of tiny monkeys, kittens or creatures with confections for heads.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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

This summer, SpaceX hit $400 billion in a private secondary share offering where many of Musk’s loyal coterie of friends and early investors participated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

My mother, without her coterie, was often almost as silent as me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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