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Recent Examples of charmed circle
OkCupid has cast a charmed circle of inclusion, from which some people must still inevitably be excluded.
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Zoë Hu,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
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Melissa Gira Grant,
The New Republic,
10 July 2020
Zoë Hu,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2022
Their class background and experiences of poverty pushed them outside of that charmed circle of perfect victimhood.
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Melissa Gira Grant,
The New Republic,
10 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charmed circle
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For Eala, beating Rybakina and sharing the court with Williams reinforced her place among the game’s elite.
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The rise of the Roman empire across the Mediterranean widened the elite’s horizons for travel but narrowed their personal ambitions, and made romantic love a worthy subject for epic literature.
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Cultural traditions help strengthen group identities and reinforce in-group sentiments.
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Focusing on subjects and crafting storylines from in-group voices living and breathing in-group values may be our best remaining tool for building a more durable coalition of environmentally concerned voters.
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Win prizes playing interactive games, network with artists and entrepreneurs and enjoy signature drinks and bar snacks available for purchase.
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The initiative is intended to target transnational criminal organizations, foreign gangs, human trafficking networks and violent criminal aliens operating in the United States.
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Organizers ruled North American country could compete after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which governs the song contest, allowed the CBC/Radio-Canada fully into its fold last week.
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In some experiments, virus levels in the lungs fell by nearly 300-fold compared with untreated animals.
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The organization warned that as search-and-rescue teams begin to scale back operations, humanitarian needs—particularly food, medical care and protection services—could intensify rather than diminish.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the world’s largest professional MMA organization.
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Social rescue arrives in the form of outgoing cool girl Sonya (Molloy), who takes a shine to Coley after a chance encounter in a coffee shop, and invites her to join her clique.
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Under Meza, player cliques developed, stars were pampered, discipline waned.
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Zeenat’s mother was a respected woman in her clan; both of Zeenat’s sisters had married into a Syed family, and her brother worked for the village head and had authority enough to report directly to the local landlord.
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Rhaena is cast out, but the rest of the Velaryon clan are closer than ever.
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In 1980, Brown founded Black College Day, attracting 18,000 students to help bring attention to historically Black colleges and universities and encourage students to consider those institutions.
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Andrew Bauhs wasn't always in love with the college football experience.
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“Charmed circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charmed%20circle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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