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In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
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The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed circle
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Popular with the elite as a status symbol, silk also held monetary value and was often used in exchange for other goods such as spices, jewelry, weapons, and even enslaved people.Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Where his predecessors made their names aligning with Colombian elites, Petro acted as a renegade and started his own political party.Justin Worland/Bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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To be sure, in-group love and out-group hatred are logically interconnected: the prospect of a common threat can bring us together, so the enemy of my enemy is my friend.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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In any large organization, there are always smaller cliques, in-groups and out-groups.Francine Russo, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
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Add in multi-platform ratings, and some shows are drawing audiences that would have made a network proud in the 2000s.Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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The federal government already relies on an intricate network of for-profit companies to execute its immigration enforcement.Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Angular folds surround her lengthy, terra-cotta arms, while a regal neck and smooth geometric shapes contour her face.Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The deal brings the two-time Oscar-winning actress into the Universal fold alongside some of the studio’s other buzzy first-look relationships with filmmakers like Jordan Peele, Steven Spielberg, the Daniels, David Leitch, and more.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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During her acceptance speech highlighting the work of education organization Room to Read, Bajaria paid homage to her two great-grandmothers, who were both married by the age of 14 and unable to pursue a college education due to cultural customs in rural India.Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Computer scientists then used computational algorithms to analyze the models and approximate the cities’ bygone architecture and organization.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Today, though, even the most exclusive of these maritime cliques embrace their surrounding communities, whether through wildly popular race weeks, youth sailing programs, or taking the helm on sustainability issues.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
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In other words, jargon is the office clique no one wants to join.Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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In 1995, Kiryu has two father figures: the ex-yakuza who raised him in an orphanage and his clan leader.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2024
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The show’s draw is the rapport between various members of the Wayans clan — a tangible collaborative spirit that keeps Poppa’s House from ever feeling generic, however generic its trappings are on the page.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
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In a district facing a massive budget crisis and often abysmal test scores, students also had questions about school funding, campus safety, mental health, and college and career preparation support.Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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The majority of voters do not have a college degree.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Charmed circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charmed%20circle. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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