: a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
especially
: one held together by common interests, views, or purposes
high school cliques
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that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table
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With Venus entering your 11th house of friendships, networks and visions of the future, this transit could spark connections that challenge your social circles and cliques.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
The novel sparks complications when Harper and his clique reunite in Chicago for the wedding of once-philandering football star Lance Sullivan (Chestnut) and his college sweetheart, Mia Morgan (Monica Calhoun).
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Staying away from the popular, successful crowd works until one of his own is brainwashed, perhaps literally, by the clique, propelling the sci-fi horror into gear.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
RuPaul is introducing audiences to their world clique in the latest, globe-trotting version of Drag Race.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
The novel sparks complications when Harper and his clique reunite in Chicago for the wedding of once-philandering football star Lance Sullivan (Chestnut) and his college sweetheart, Mia Morgan (Monica Calhoun).
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Staying away from the popular, successful crowd works until one of his own is brainwashed, perhaps literally, by the clique, propelling the sci-fi horror into gear.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
RuPaul is introducing audiences to their world clique in the latest, globe-trotting version of Drag Race.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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“Clique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clique. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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