How to Use clientele in a Sentence
clientele
noun- The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
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But the clientele hasn’t changed much.
—Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
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Still, about half the clientele is made up of tourists.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Her eye for style and fit hooked her clientele and evolved with them as times changed.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
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There is no shortage of clientele.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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McBride said the riders are part of a broad clientele served by the state.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
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The first rule of a branding refresh is not to turn off your core clientele.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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What is the range of your clientele and the process involved in working with them?
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2020
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Floyd wasn’t working; Hall had a bustling clientele, ready to pay.
—Washington Post, 9 May 2022
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The decor can be very specific for clientele.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
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At Bloom, the clientele is diverse, Cuadros said.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
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The Gritti is plush but never brash, and its clientele tends to match.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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The shop’s main clientele consisted of other elite climbers in the area.
—Micah Ling, Outside Online, 14 Feb. 2022
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The affinity for coke stays the same — Pusha just knows his clientele all too well.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2022
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Surely the clientele of, say, Davos has some overlap with that of the art fairs.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
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Sports has been a bright spot for Sotheby’s, bringing in new and younger clientele.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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The tropicbirds were some of the center’s sassier clientele, Smith joked.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
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The clientele is likewise wide-ranging.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
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Grand Hotel Son Net and fit in with the ritzy clientele.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
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Under Erozan, the clientele has got ritzier.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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The clothes spoke directly to the Gen Z clientele.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere in the market, the clientele is varied.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
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This roving ragbag was going to wind up scaring off the clientele.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
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From the beginning, Munk and Gilmour sought a high-end clientele.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026
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And Russia’s war in Ukraine has changed things again, bringing a new clientele.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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That's not to say Mammoth wasn't catering to a certain clientele.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2022
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Take a seat at the bar and chat with some the other clientele or sit at a booth and bask in the immaculate vibes.
—Michaela Heidemann, Chron, 16 Dec. 2021
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Matchmaking may be old-school, but these days its clientele is skewing younger and more diverse.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
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Is your clientele mostly local?
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
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Restaurants with menu items for dogs Plenty of restaurants want such clientele.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
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