in-groups

plural of in-group

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of in-groups In this theory, individuals categorize themselves and others into in-groups and out-groups, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours and that typically, people tend to favour those in their in-group. Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-groups
Noun
  • But the immediacy of One Battle After Another—with its ICE-like detention camps, unlawful militias storming American streets, and elites who promote white supremacy in closed-door meetings—was intended to embellish the spirit of Vineland rather than undermine it.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 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
  • And there's hierarchy and cliques and clubs and all these different things.
    H. Alan Scott Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These differentiating numbers are due to how the two organizations track book bans.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The building will offer commercial space for lease at the street level, but currently, no businesses or organizations have claimed the space.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The clans vote to fight for the Stuart king mostly thanks to Uncle Grant, who in a real surprise, gets very vocal about supporting the cause.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Beautiful clean coal has been a reliable energy source supporting American communities and economic growth for generations.
    John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Students in Cal State Fullerton’s Master of Social Work program now have access to a new credential pathway that expands career opportunities and prepares graduates to make an impact at schools in their communities.
    Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the mid-twentieth century, Canavan writes, American science fiction often depicted societies ruled by computers as an analog for Soviet communism.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In that vision of a distant, distant future, there is no public sector or state in those societies.
    Nic Juarez, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prolonged radiation and geomagnetic activity can interfere with GPS networks, disrupt radio signals and damage spacecraft.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For 48 hours, the Taliban appeared to turn back the clock in Afghanistan with a directive to cut off the internet and phone networks, disconnecting millions of people from the world outside.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This restriction hampered the MSS’ ability to reduce gangs’ territorial control as gunmen coordinated and simultaneously launched attacks in different corners of the country.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the casualties include protesters and bystanders killed by members of the security forces, but also others killed in subsequent widespread violence and looting by individuals and gangs not associated with the protesters.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

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“In-groups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-groups. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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