inner circle
noun
: a small group of people who lead a government or an organization or who are close to its leader
The President has an inner circle of advisers.
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So this time, a lot of my guests will be family members, or people in my inner circle — people who are still really fascinating, but who are also comfortable engaging in a conversation with me.
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Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
The fate of these efforts may determine what happens to the scandals involving both Netanyahu and his inner circle.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
Part of his inner circle, certainly.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Kurchenko became a billionaire at just 29, thanks to ties to an oligarch close to Putin’s inner circle, Dmytro Firtash.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
The fate of these efforts may determine what happens to the scandals involving both Netanyahu and his inner circle.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
Part of his inner circle, certainly.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Kurchenko became a billionaire at just 29, thanks to ties to an oligarch close to Putin’s inner circle, Dmytro Firtash.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Inner circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20circle. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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