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as in communities
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 tribes
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 clans
But, as is often the case with the Fraser and MacKenzie clans, drama was never far behind.
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Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
Ten clans or more gather at the end of the movie.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Some of those clans have since dwindled or decamped for more populated areas.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
This area has people traveling from New England and the western United States to represent their clans.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
For example, Crow people have held onto their nation's language; neighbors are often family, or considered such; and many tribal members rely on their clans to mentor children, who eventually become mentors themselves for the next generation.
—Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
Established in 1993, PFV offered the most revered clans in the industry the opportunity to exchange information and insights with the goal of safeguarding their heritage.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Plaids and checks belonging to the Campbell, MacKenzie, and Douglass clans popped up in coats, gowns, and children’s garments while tartan became a mainstay of British and American interiors.
—Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
The Toupouri fled to the Tekem mountains in Chad, where each of its twelve summits was settled by one of the Toupouri clans—a perfect match as the refugees happened to have exactly twelve clans.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
Ten clans or more gather at the end of the movie.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Some of those clans have since dwindled or decamped for more populated areas.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
This area has people traveling from New England and the western United States to represent their clans.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
For example, Crow people have held onto their nation's language; neighbors are often family, or considered such; and many tribal members rely on their clans to mentor children, who eventually become mentors themselves for the next generation.
—Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
Established in 1993, PFV offered the most revered clans in the industry the opportunity to exchange information and insights with the goal of safeguarding their heritage.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Plaids and checks belonging to the Campbell, MacKenzie, and Douglass clans popped up in coats, gowns, and children’s garments while tartan became a mainstay of British and American interiors.
—Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
The Toupouri fled to the Tekem mountains in Chad, where each of its twelve summits was settled by one of the Toupouri clans—a perfect match as the refugees happened to have exactly twelve clans.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clans
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The event is focused on uniting youth and senior communities, but is open to anyone.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Public safety, like infrastructure, exists because communities pool resources to provide services the private market often cannot deliver equitably.—
Lisa Mallozzi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
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For example, her research into Southern California’s Kumeyaay and Cahuilla Indigenous tribes inspired a series of large jars patterned after ollas, traditional pots used for water and seed storage.—
Leigh-Ann Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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For instance, the idea for the dire wolf came from discussions with the MHA Nation (the affiliated tribes of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) in North Dakota, which Colossal had come to meet with about bison.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Federal agencies halted overdose-surveillance networks, delayed youth smoking data, scaled back food-safety pathogen monitoring and purged transgender health information from websites.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Colbert and Talarico have said that their interview was not allowed to air because of the enforcement of the FCC’s equal time rule, a rule that requires broadcast networks to grant equal time to opposing candidates running for the same office.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Feb. 2026
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Thousands are missing and families are still in mourning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Careers and families took up their time and energy; vacations were for kids’ college tours or visiting relatives.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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This graph had no cliques — clusters of nodes that are all connected to one another.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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What began as a search for community and understanding turned into an experience that felt akin to the cliques and social hierarchies of high school.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
25 Jan. 2026
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Controlled at different periods by Chinese, Indians, Portuguese, and Dutch settlers, the city boasts red brick houses typical of the Netherlands, a number of Portuguese buildings, and mosques and temples representing its Chinese and Malay past.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
15 Feb. 2026
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The grassroots group has sponsored educational forums on water conservation, waste management, worm farming, composting, electrification of houses along with renewable energy.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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And everyone needs to look out for bicyclists, who drive fast and rarely slow down to maneuver around crowds.—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Protests that broke out across the nation spilled into downtown Aurora, where buildings were vandalized and tear gas filled the air as the APD worked to disperse crowds.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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The experiment caused a stir among economists and political scientists and people in finance and business circles.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clans. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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