clubby
Example Sentences
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Romy Madley Croft became a sapphic-nightlife sovereign in 2023 with the clubby “Mid Air,” after Sim’s own minimalist, horror-streaked “Hideous Bastard.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
The clubby nature of private markets has long been a concern for Atkins, who served as a commissioner at the SEC under President George W. Bush before he was named chairman under Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
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
The party addressed didn't look very clubby, but she was too polite to pull the cut direct.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
