: a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
especially
: one held together by common interests, views, or purposes
high school cliques
Examples of clique in a Sentence
that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table
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Its director, John J. Durham, was a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York who had spent a decade pursuing MS-13 cliques on Long Island.
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T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025
The series was supposed to take place in Beverly Hills and follow a new clique that caused an accidental murder at a bachelorette party.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
In addition to being a leader of an MS-13 clique, Vasquez personally participated in racketeering activity and acts of violence on behalf of MS-13, the feds said.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
So, a graph is perfect if its chromatic number equals to the largest size of a clique in it.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2025
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T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 June 2025
The series was supposed to take place in Beverly Hills and follow a new clique that caused an accidental murder at a bachelorette party.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
In addition to being a leader of an MS-13 clique, Vasquez personally participated in racketeering activity and acts of violence on behalf of MS-13, the feds said.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
So, a graph is perfect if its chromatic number equals to the largest size of a clique in it.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for clique
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“Clique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clique. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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