as in clique
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings
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Recent Examples of coven
When a new employee, Pumpkin (Tung), is welcomed into the coven, jealousies emerge, secrets come to the surface, and the toxicity of the clique has deadly consequences.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Together, the Fruits form a coven — or, at least, something like a coven — wielding their soft supernatural powers between shifts, on and off the sales floor.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Her guiding rule has given her a good life with her teenaged daughter, a job as a philosophy tutor, and a coven of friends.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
All’s Fair, the legal fever dream about a coven of lady lawyers on a mission to financially ruin the men of Los Angeles while drinking it dry of Champagne, will return for a second season.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Together, the Fruits form a coven — or, at least, something like a coven — wielding their soft supernatural powers between shifts, on and off the sales floor.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Her guiding rule has given her a good life with her teenaged daughter, a job as a philosophy tutor, and a coven of friends.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
All’s Fair, the legal fever dream about a coven of lady lawyers on a mission to financially ruin the men of Los Angeles while drinking it dry of Champagne, will return for a second season.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coven
Noun
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Her class contained a very mean clique of girls.—
Emeline Atwood,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Corbett says that deputy gangs do not exist in the department, that in the past cliques and subgroups have existed, and that focus on the issue has eroded public trust and deputies’ morale.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Long an astute observer of discovery and rediscovery, whether the subject is a city or herself, Sante—having emerged from a tight circle of luminaries including Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin—is now on the precipice of a second artistic renaissance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Between releases, the band has experienced pivotal full-circle moments, the pendulum of time pushing them back into the past and informing their future.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
Noun
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This will be a way for the Vogue Business community to synthesize and reflect on the latest headlines and get a little inside scoop every Friday.—
Elektra Kotsoni,
Vogue,
5 June 2026
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Many in the mountaineering community have hailed Hillary Dawa’s survival as miraculous.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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In the restaurant, there is no dedicated children’s menu but meal requests can be made, and there are coloring books and activity packs to keep little ones amused.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Marquee continues to draw big DJs and bottle-service crowds, giving in-house partiers a straightforward, elevator-ride-away nightlife option.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Curry has traveled to China seven times with the most recent tour to Chongqing last August, and each visit has drawn massive, frenzied crowds.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Publishers Coolabi Group and Chinese online giant Tencent Video have greenlit the series, adapted from Erin Hunter’s novels about battling clans of feral cats, which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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The warring factions of the silver-haired Targaryen clan, led by Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) on Team Black and Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) on Team Green, are finally fully stocked with armies and fire-breathing weapons of mass destruction and ready to fight for the Iron Throne.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The extent of the defensive network near its silos potentially sets China apart from the other major nuclear powers.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The action, announced Thursday, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorities.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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The Paragon finds home on a Ford F-350, but rather than load in a bunch of extras from the gate, Supertramp keeps the base price down by making those extras optional.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
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Speaking of the interior, massive kudos to Audi for not slapping a bunch of screens on the dash of this beauty.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
4 June 2026
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“Coven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coven. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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