clientele
noun
cli·en·tele
ˌklī-ən-ˈtel 
ˌklē-ən-,
also ˌklē-ˌän-
: a body of clients
a shop that caters to an exclusive clientele
Examples of clientele in a Sentence
… Gottfried had been complaining for months that our local clientele didn't have the class to appreciate the house.
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Jane Smiley, Good Faith, 2003
The lunchtime clientele at TJ's was polymorphous as usual, as at District Court, though there was a higher percentage of respectable clients here—local business folk having lunch at one of the last downtown bars that served decent food but wasn't fancy.
—Tracy Kidder, Home Town, 1999
The collections shown last month not only had plenty of clothes for the couture clientele to choose from, but, even more importantly, they were loaded with multiple messages for the fashion community at large.
—Carrie Donovan, New York Times Magazine, 21 Feb. 1988
According to the State Department in-jokes, this was the most exclusive place in Washington. For its clientele was made up almost entirely of CIA and KGB agents watching one another watching other people.
—Erich Segal, The Class, (1985) 1986
The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
Jane Smiley, Good Faith, 2003
The lunchtime clientele at TJ's was polymorphous as usual, as at District Court, though there was a higher percentage of respectable clients here—local business folk having lunch at one of the last downtown bars that served decent food but wasn't fancy.
—Tracy Kidder, Home Town, 1999
The collections shown last month not only had plenty of clothes for the couture clientele to choose from, but, even more importantly, they were loaded with multiple messages for the fashion community at large.
—Carrie Donovan, New York Times Magazine, 21 Feb. 1988
According to the State Department in-jokes, this was the most exclusive place in Washington. For its clientele was made up almost entirely of CIA and KGB agents watching one another watching other people.
—Erich Segal, The Class, (1985) 1986
The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
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—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
Matharu opened his store at 40 Savile Row in 2022 and brought a younger, more diverse clientele to the area.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
From a business and financial point of view, losing clientele to DeepSeek should be investigated systematically with a view to understanding user needs, and scapegoating will never help this process.
—Mohammad Hosseini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
But Rezvani markets the Vengeance to a very specific type of clientele: ultra-high-net-worth types, celebrities, and those who feel an acute need for personal protection; think diplomats in volatile regions where the risk of kidnapping is real.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
Matharu opened his store at 40 Savile Row in 2022 and brought a younger, more diverse clientele to the area.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Clientele.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clientele. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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clientele
noun
cli·en·tele
ˌklī-ən-ˈtel
: a group of clients
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