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
As a Brit who has long mingled in London’s establishment, he could help HSBC’s French-Lebanese chief executive, Georges Elhedery, navigate the U.K.’s clubby financial and political scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 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
Jennie packed the Outdoor Theater on Sunday evening, for a set of clubby disco anthems that don't sound a million miles away from her friend and collaborator Dua Lipa.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
Old Fishin' Teddy lifted his clubby brown hands in protest.
From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
