1
as in community
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
that clan of football fans has parties every weekend on which the New England Patriots play
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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the whole clan gets together only for holidays
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Recent Examples of clan
Ed Vrdolyak, a ringleader of the white opposition to Mayor Harold Washington in the 1980s, once laid out Chicago’s ethnic political principles in stark terms, as an outsider taking stock of the Daley clan’s decades of iron control of the city’s levers of power.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Mind you, Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by the Manson clan in 1969.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025
It’s been three years, but our favorite sleuthing goth teenager Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is finally back, as is the rest of her clan.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The Wahlberg clan is perhaps more synonymous with Massachusetts capital than any actors but Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Mind you, Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by the Manson clan in 1969.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025
It’s been three years, but our favorite sleuthing goth teenager Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is finally back, as is the rest of her clan.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The Wahlberg clan is perhaps more synonymous with Massachusetts capital than any actors but Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clan
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Transportation solutions do not work if our communities can’t access them.—
Al Sharpton,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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But instead of rewarding only race results, the Impact League adds a new scoreboard—where points are earned for actions that cut carbon emissions, diversify leadership, and engage underserved communities.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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While Georgia is thankful to be free and reunited with her family, the press around the murder and the trial will nevertheless affect the family's future.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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American and Israeli colors lined the streets of Aventura, where a crowd of more than 500 people embarked Sunday on a three-mile march — escorted by police — to raise awareness for rising antisemitism at home and abroad.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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Trump’s rallies, inflammatory language, thin skin toward criticism, obsession with crowd size and media coverage — Çifci suggests these to be symptoms of a personality driven by defensive grandiosity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Instead of just making the Berk tribe inexplicably multiracial, this little bit of world-building gives an explanation to the (slightly) more diverse casting.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Her additional screen credits include roles in Max's The Last of Us and 2024's Suncoast. 03 of 09 Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast Butler reprises his role as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father and the chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Meanwhile, there are Black folks serving life for stealing a pack of gum.—
Peter Aitken
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
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Most Washburn visits usually start with a stop at the team store, where one of the three children will ask for a new pack of baseball cards or another hat.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Once near the bases, the roofs of the mobile houses were remotely opened, and the drones deployed to launch their strikes.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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That’s because the residence in question is the International Space Station (ISS), a million-pound orbital outpost with a footprint larger than a football field and the habitable volume of a six-bedroom house, circling the Earth 250 miles overhead.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Zaslav went on to note that HBO Max viewership accounts for for 25% of programming spun off from the WBD networks.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Some of the uptick in linear CPMs isn’t driven by a robust market, but by the fact that the networks have less traditional entertainment to sell and smaller audiences projected to watch what remains.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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With most of their money tied up in three players who share more or less the same set of skills (albeit to varying degrees) and a bunch of flawed complimentary pieces, the Suns have arguably the least cohesive roster in the league.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The Panthers are likely to add a veteran to this bunch, but for now, Richardson seems to have a significant leg up.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2025
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“Clan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clan. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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