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Recent Examples of coterie Black Sabbath, his coterie of paradigm-shifting Birmingham blues rockers and bar brawlers, cultivated a taste for demonic iconography that was as off-putting to normie sensibilities as the gritty tones and discomfiting tempos explored in the hard-partying quartet’s music. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025 Viewers will see a coterie of the usual MLB advertisers, including MasterCard, but may notice heavier-than-expected showings from restaurants, retailers and pharmaceutical marketers. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 July 2025 Business managers in Hollywood work with coteries of lawyers, agents and assistants in the employ of the town’s filmmakers, entertainers and movers and shakers to project earnings from potential projects, endorsements, brand launches, appearances and other forms of revenue. Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025 The 10-track project was produced by Carlile and a coterie of A-list producers, including Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for coterie
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Noun
  • Over the weekend, massive crowds gathered in downtown Chicago to protest a federal takeover and voice support for immigrants, according to WLS.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Beneath the canopy of a giant Ethiopian flag, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed a crowd of dignitaries including the presidents of Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • David Long has also played for a bunch of teams and was in Los Angeles when Evero was with the Rams, though, as stated before, his former proteges haven’t necessarily led to consistently strong results in Carolina.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The linen gets softer with every wash, too, and the interior 100% polyester fill won’t shift or bunch up.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the Dallas Street property, small cliques of armed men, mostly Venezuelans and Mexicans, fought an ongoing turf war.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Constitutional Court’s ruling on Friday represents another wave on the turbulent rapids of Thai politics, in which those pushing for change have frequently run foul of the establishment – a small but powerful clique of military, royalist and business elites.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The company’s leadership also includes several figures with ties to the Biden administration, giving Anthropic the look of a Democratic insider network.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Thousands of London Underground staff—including drivers, signalers and maintenance workers—began rolling strike action on Sunday, triggering severe disruption across the city's subway network and threatening almost complete suspension of Tube services through Thursday.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The report generated concerted pushback from the scientific community.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • An elevator connects all the different levels, with the high-altitude location offering sweeping views of the surrounding community, from downtown Boulder to the university campus to the surrounding Flatirons.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The lids have Tupperware’s signature ridges, and the circle in the center presses down to get an airtight seal.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Carey’s accolade also represented another full-circle moment for the chanteuse.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This 12-pack of landscape lights is a limited-time deal, so don’t miss the opportunity to stake them in beside your pool, sidewalk, outdoor stairs, or garden for this low price.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The change will impact vehicle assembly as well as the teams that assemble battery packs for EV batteries, GM confirmed.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Epps plays Chicago gang leader and lead character Malik, with Khalifa as 2wo-3ree, the confident and volatile leader of Malik’s young crew.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In providing background on its six-month extension, the FAA used the State Department’s recent designation of the country’s most powerful gang coalition, Viv Ansanm, as a global and Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Coterie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coterie. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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