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Recent Examples of in-group
This can create in-group and out-group dynamics, leading to siloed thinking.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Slang is made to confront authority and to create a code that identifies one as an in-group member.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
And hip-hop revels in hyperlocal references, in-group nicknames, real or invented slang, glancing verbal and musical allusions, and multilayered wordplay.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
The history that made us into creatures capable of coöperation also gave us the capacity to hate one another in the aggregate, to draw sharp lines dividing the in-group from the out-group.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Just like cults, marketers exploit vulnerabilities, create in-groups and out-groups and play on emotions to drive behavior.
—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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
In any large organization, there are always smaller cliques, in-groups and out-groups.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
Conversely, when people from an in-group spend time with those from an out-group, dislike or mistrust declines.
—Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2021
Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Slang is made to confront authority and to create a code that identifies one as an in-group member.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
And hip-hop revels in hyperlocal references, in-group nicknames, real or invented slang, glancing verbal and musical allusions, and multilayered wordplay.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
The history that made us into creatures capable of coöperation also gave us the capacity to hate one another in the aggregate, to draw sharp lines dividing the in-group from the out-group.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Just like cults, marketers exploit vulnerabilities, create in-groups and out-groups and play on emotions to drive behavior.
—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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
In any large organization, there are always smaller cliques, in-groups and out-groups.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
Conversely, when people from an in-group spend time with those from an out-group, dislike or mistrust declines.
—Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-group
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Last year, Lohan, Chabert and Amanda Seyfried, who rounded out the Plastics clique as Karen Smith in the original movie, reprised their characters for a Walmart Black Friday ad.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
21 Nov. 2024
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Written and directed by Alex Russell, Lurker follows retail employee Matthew (Pellerin), who infiltrates the clique of a rising musician, Oliver (Madekwe).—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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That’s my preferred interpretation, because the aristocrats and other elites in her novels are absurd creatures to begin with.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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How she would be received by the notoriously liberal Hollywood elite became a burning question.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Scott MacArthur As Ness Gordon Best known for: The Righteous Gemstones, No Hard Feelings Scott MacArthur appears as Ness Gordon, another member of the Gordon clan who is the general manager of the Waves.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Kieran and Macaulay played cousins in both Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which centers on the rambunctious, extended McCallister family clan who repeatedly accidentally leave their young child behind.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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But after a third season that saw Billy (Gil Bellows) strut around with a coterie of women from a Robert Palmer video before dropping dead of a brain tumor, this outing is remarkably grounded, poignant…and sad.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Much of the company’s success comes down to its coterie of craftspeople.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2025
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Improving these areas is a cost- and time-efficient strategy that increases overall workflow and efficiency in the organization.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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The speed of funding is especially critical to SMBs, who generally lack the organization and human resources to anticipate needs into the more distant future.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The company and Trump’s team have confirmed that that have been in settlement talks, sparking worries that the network would deliver a payout to the president to try to ease the way for the merger’s completion.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Fox Sports owns half of the league, and Birmingham finished as one of the top viewership markets on the network last season.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case in which Mexico is suing U.S. gun companies to cover the cost of dealing with Mexican gang and cartel violence.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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People in Sweden see these gang shootings and are incredibly alarmed and afraid of them.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Back inside the main party space, a crowd formed not far from the entrance.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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In December, a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, west of Berlin, that resulted in five deaths and left more than 200 people injured.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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“In-group.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-group. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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