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.

Examples of inner circle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trump has, for the most part, resisted engaging in formal transition conversations with his inner circle, sources familiar with his thinking said. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024 The former radio presenter was duped for nearly a decade by someone within her inner circle who posed as a man named Bobby Jandu. Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Maduro’s inner circle has been reduced to only the most loyal and complicit. Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024 Now Adams’s real inner circle is getting the Whitehead treatment. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inner circle 

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“Inner circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20circle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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