as in crowd
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table
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Recent Examples of clique
But surveys and interviews revealed deeper issues: a lack of strategic alignment and the existence of cliques.
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Sarah Elk, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
What makes this comedy a permanent fixture in the zeitgeist is its kaleidoscopic look at the end of high school, never just focusing on any one clique, but, instead, daring to try and capture them all.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
More than just seeking to destroy the damaging cliques at his new school, Slater’s character has plans for something a little more permanent in this comedy that really shaped the teen genre for years to come.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Which of these North Shore cliques does Janis Ian not point out?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Elk, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
What makes this comedy a permanent fixture in the zeitgeist is its kaleidoscopic look at the end of high school, never just focusing on any one clique, but, instead, daring to try and capture them all.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
More than just seeking to destroy the damaging cliques at his new school, Slater’s character has plans for something a little more permanent in this comedy that really shaped the teen genre for years to come.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Which of these North Shore cliques does Janis Ian not point out?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clique
Noun
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Playing at Tsongas Center on the campus of UMass Lowell, the Boston Fleet drew a sellout crowd of 5,912 for their last home game before the break on Jan. 31, and have seen their average attendance rise by about 400 fans this season, to just over 4,000.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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With Philly fans in town, that just might be literal: the Big Easy might have to count their Romeo catchers when big game crowds go home.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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But slinging steaks out of a trailer hadn’t fostered the community Mr. Teti had hoped for.—
Ali Watkins,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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For years, the culinary community has debated about the right way to boil an egg.—
Korin Miller,
Health,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Obviously a great competition, a bunch of great shooters.—
Josh Dubow,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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The best of the bunch was a cold open that saw Ferrell’s Bush describing his reasonings behind bombing Iraq, a choice many deemed irrational, but were forced to get behind due to the temperature of the country and Bush’s popularity.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The freeze on foreign aid, for example, is already damaging the network of groups the federal government relies on to deliver overseas assistance, according to Scott R. Anderson, a former U.S. diplomat and government attorney now at the Brookings Institution.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Fox is the network, and Fox Entertainment Studios is the studio.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Dollop the meringue onto the circle in a tall mound, almost like a column.—
Martin Sorge,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The selection of Jorge Mendes as his agent will certainly reduce sympathy for him in some circles.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ten migrants, members of a Venezuelan gang, are now being housed at Guantanamo in a part of the prison that previously held members of al Qaeda.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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Though the murder rate had declined for several years since an all-time peak in 2015 of 106 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, largely due to government negotiations with, and appeasement of, the two leading gangs, Bukele’s approach effectively broke the power of the gangs.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An Alabama woman was mauled to death this week while feeding a pack of dogs as their owner was out of town.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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No other Lay's products, flavors, sizes or variety packs are recalled.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The fastidious, precociously mature character served as a comedic foil to his feistier mother as well as the rest of the show’s broader Pritchett-Dunphy clan.—
John Russell,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Magic and religion, for example, are intertwined, with each of the ten magical abilities linked to a god or goddess who governs the maji clans.—
Susan Akyeampong,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Clique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clique. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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