as in circle
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table
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Recent Examples of clique
This means that the earlier assumption that there was a large clique must have been false.
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
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
Maryland federal prosecutors have indicted six MS-13 members in recent months, including the alleged leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatrucha (CLS) clique of the gang in the Baltimore area.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Anna distanced herself from the clique after her 16th birthday, when Rachel had invited some older guys to meet them in the woods to drink and party.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
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
Maryland federal prosecutors have indicted six MS-13 members in recent months, including the alleged leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatrucha (CLS) clique of the gang in the Baltimore area.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Anna distanced herself from the clique after her 16th birthday, when Rachel had invited some older guys to meet them in the woods to drink and party.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clique
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Last month, the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s editor wrote that a recent job applicant withdrew from consideration for a reporting fellowship after discovering the position included filing notes to an AI writing tool instead of actually writing stories, touching off a heated debate in media circles.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Necas collected the puck after a MacKinnon shot, and sent it to Brent Burns in the left circle.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There are still moments of showy technical prowess (including crowd scenes where thousands of butterflies fly across the screen at one time), but the film’s rounded and adorable character designs for its animals prove refreshingly simple.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
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Just over a year ago, the city also reopened Sixth Street to vehicle traffic on weekends, reversing years of street closures that had been put in place to accommodate heavy nightlife crowds.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
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On Friday night, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company had reached an agreement with the Pentagon to deploy ChatGPT on classified networks, offering an alternative to Claude.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The network will reveal further details in the coming weeks.—
Staff Author,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Members of the community group Creek Team OC are calling the decision a huge victory.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a massive storm cloud.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Some tricks to slow down ripening and prevent bruising include separating bananas from the bunch, hanging them from a hook, and wrapping their stems in plastic wrap to prevent the release of ethylene gas.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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Each team has to drag three giant snakes through a bunch of obstacles and then get a ball through a snake maze to win immunity.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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This is the hilarious frogs-to-riches origin story of Jim Henson's beloved Muppet pals starring Kermit and the gang.—
Karen Cicero,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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Gonzalez directed drug trafficking, violence and other criminal activities within 18th Street territory, including extortion and mediating gang disputes, according to the indictment.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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In both, Applegate’s characters — one a teenage girl trying to feed a pack of siblings, the other a middle-aged mother raising two sons — rise to the occasion, and do whatever is necessary to protect their families.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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Schultz stumbled out of the gate and was trying to catch the rest of the pack.—
Jonathan Carone,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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Pfeiffer will play Stacy, the matriarch of the well-to-do New York City Clyburn clan, who leave for central Montana in the wake of tragedy.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Going far beyond traditional nip and tuck procedures, the results left commenters marveling at how the matriarch of the Kardashian clan looked younger than her own children.—
Patrick R. Crowley,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Clique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clique. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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