coterie

noun

ˈkō-tə-(ˌ)rē How to pronounce coterie (audio)
Definition of coterienext
as in clique
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially a coterie of old friends who attend all of the home games of the high school basketball team

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Recent Examples of coterie And just like that, here comes another coterie of young people to make some of us feel old and some of us feel seen. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 According to Alessandro Usielli, head of Ford global brand entertainment, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Ford have all worked with the Bond franchise to introduce new models by providing cars for the superspy, his coterie of comely conquests and his villainous adversaries. — Brett Berk, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026 As an ambassador not just for France but for a coterie of brands that have inked lucrative deals with the young star, Mbappé is practiced. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 Trump, who is traveling to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday and Friday, plans to bring along a coterie of prominent business and technology executives. — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for coterie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coterie
  1. clique
  2. crowd
  3. circle
  4. bunch
  5. network
  6. community
  7. pack
  8. gang
Noun
  • Send both members of the cool-kid clique home at the same time?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • That era involved small cliques of devs talking a big game about decentralization (which often provided a pretext for no accountability) while shilling tokens at all turns.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of clique
Noun
  • By evening, crowds overflowed outside the site and spilled onto the streets and lanes.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • The Tesla Diner is one year old as crowds lined up to charge at the highest-usage Supercharger in the world.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of crowd
Noun
  • Other companies are tied into these corporations, forming circles of current and expected future investment and sales.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • Unfortunately but unsurprisingly, Brooks kept his cool long enough for a circle to form around them.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 July 2026
Definition of circle
Noun
  • The agent wanted Penny to make a bunch of home improvements before listing the house.
    — Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2026
  • Dorai Home’s stone bathroom tray is among the hardest-working pieces in the bunch, courtesy of its clean lines and clever materials.
    — Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
Definition of bunch
Noun
  • If no deal is made, people with the aforementioned health insurance plans through United will no longer be able to get in-network care with UHealth doctors and other providers across UHealth’s South Florida facilities.
    — Michelle Marchante July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Emery believed Rashford at his best was one of the most threatening attackers in the world and backed himself and his support network to rejuvenate the player.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of network
Noun
  • Sandy Dorsainvil, 49 Homeowner in unincorporated Dade Dorsainvil was at the TPS rally in Little Haiti soaking in the concerns for Haitian immigrants and describes herself as a community redevelopment specialist and cultural curator.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Johnathan Duncan, who represents the 6th Council District and previously served as a community organizer for KC Tenants, proposed the ordinance.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of community
Noun
  • In May, Brink told Footwear News that the P400 Low was well-equipped for her style of play and that the 740 was one of her favorite off-duty shoes — perhaps foreshadowing the Malibu Melt pack that was to come.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 25 July 2026
  • Cam Young, the Sleepy Hollow kid, came from back in the pack at Royal Birkdale last Sunday, shot 64.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of pack
Noun
  • For many, official pledges of justice ring hollow in a country where few gang slayings are resolved beyond what critics call token arrests, typically of low-level hit men and not the masterminds.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • The government is currently setting up its own official inquiry into the gangs.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Definition of gang

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