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

Attorney Magdalena Gebhard, who represented a victim in a previous Berlin trial that led to a conviction, said there was an inner circle of eight perpetrators but that some of the chat groups had up to 50,000 members. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

Casillas resurfaces after disappearing from his inner circle, determined to reclaim his empire and settle scores with both old enemies and new ones, even as the DEA closes in and the loyalties around him begin to fracture. — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

To prove his loyalty (and survive), J must play by her rules and navigate her dangerous inner circle. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

KiMi Robinson Ahead of an event that was speculated to be Swift and Kelce's rehearsal dinner at MSG on July 2, members of the couple's inner circle were mobilizing across New York City. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Rhymes for inner circle

• encircle
• tubercle
• cercle
• preopercle
• semicircle