noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a clique of literary friends who thought they were so superior
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Most of the kids were friendly, apart from a clique of girls who came from rich families.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Admittedly, they went to North Carolina as a fractious team with too many cliques.
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Each clique treated the establishment as its club and took no notice at all of anyone outside the charmed circle.
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His flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes whom the war had thrown together in Cairo.
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So, even moderate fame still eluded him, and Nicholson remained unknown outside of a small Hollywood clique .
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There was a really heavy little clique , the same ones that ousted the governor.