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Recent Examples of charmed circle
But the film comes into its own at almost exactly an hour, as The Man begins the ritual and The Surrender threatens to go full occult gonzo, complete with a charmed circle and a bleak netherworld resembling Lucio Fulci’s 1981 splatter epic The Beyond.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
—The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025
In a political economy in which decent livelihoods are artificially scarce, selective schools have helped to keep my family in a socioeconomically charmed circle—and keep others out.
—The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
—Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
—Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed circle
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The podcast’s popularity earned him a spot on the Forbes Under 30 Europe list in 2019, more than 100 million downloads and a direct line into the private capital elite.—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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For those of us in the trenches of X, the meltdown was a familiar sight, echoing the contempt that the tech elite have directed at San Francisco for years, with the endless lamentations of anarchy at pharmacy branches in Union Square or the liberal policies of politicians like Aaron Peskin.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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With slow turnover and in-group bias, 41% of global directors say their boards have added functional experts beyond CEO or CFO, with 74% stating their business strategy requires a board with additional expertise and/or perspectives.—
Toby Wong,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This not only reinforces in-group loyalty but also frames outsiders as threats.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Maintaining brand integrity across a growing and geographically dispersed network is another potential challenge of franchising.—
Don Tarinelli,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Once the founder and leader of a local group of Black investors, now ousted from her community, Miss Hortense will dig into her buried past to uncover the murder of an unidentified man found at the home of one of the network’s members.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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In both groups, the outer portion of the brain, called the cortex, also had a larger surface area on average, with more folds and grooves.—
Maia Szalavitz,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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The first two kittens on screen have an intense gray fur, typical of Scottish folds, as the poster confirms in the comments.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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It also is used in Europe in general, in different organizations like police, like border control.—
Rob Schmitz,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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The tramway building is home to 14 organizations and has been a hub for nonprofits since the 1990s.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
28 June 2025
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So, a graph is perfect if its chromatic number equals to the largest size of a clique in it.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2025
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But Iran is not governed by a single man or clique that can be decapitated.—
Narges Bajoghli,
Time,
19 June 2025
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The new season will also see Justin training the three young wizards for the Family Wizard Competition, all while the Russo clan faces a new threat that could change everything.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
27 June 2025
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And, of course, the Kardashian-Jenner clan stepped out in style.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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In his first 12 college games, Fidone caught 25 passes for 260 yards and four touchdowns.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Tarquin spent his final two college seasons at Southern Cal and Oklahoma.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2025
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“Charmed circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charmed%20circle. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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