cliquishness

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Noun
  • Many of the themes of the nearly two-hour event were about audacity and mutuality, enduring words King used famously in speeches and writing.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
  • After all, both advocate mutuality and goodness.
    Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Another image shifted the focus to friendship, showing Grey posing alongside longtime friend Tracy Pollan.
    Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Galentine's Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on February 13 to honor female friendships.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • All that being said, cordiality may be the path of least resistance for the sake of your other relationships.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power.
    Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But one suspected the real reason for Huang’s geniality lay elsewhere.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.
    William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Those who yearn for peace and stability, commerce and comradery, amity with our friends and neighbors?
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Cliquishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliquishness. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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