: 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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So, a graph is perfect if its chromatic number equals to the largest size of a clique in it.
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Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2025
But Iran is not governed by a single man or clique that can be decapitated.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 19 June 2025
Sign us up for these fierce and fabulous fictional cliques.
—EW.com, 16 June 2025
And so Marie Curie and Sojourner will remain part of a rarefied clique.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2025
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Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2025
But Iran is not governed by a single man or clique that can be decapitated.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 19 June 2025
Sign us up for these fierce and fabulous fictional cliques.
—EW.com, 16 June 2025
And so Marie Curie and Sojourner will remain part of a rarefied clique.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 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 5 Jul. 2025.
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