: a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
especially
: one held together by common interests, views, or purposes
high school cliques
Examples of clique in a Sentence
that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table
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Vasquez was the leader of the Trece Locos Salvatrucha, or TLS, clique of MS-13 operating in Somerville.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.
—Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
This meant that working within an executive structure which was not always aligned allowed schisms to grow and cliques to foster.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The majority of them belong to the it-girl clique of Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza), the popular girl with a penchant for bullying Lori about her mother's reputation.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.
—Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
This meant that working within an executive structure which was not always aligned allowed schisms to grow and cliques to foster.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The majority of them belong to the it-girl clique of Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza), the popular girl with a penchant for bullying Lori about her mother's reputation.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for clique
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“Clique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clique. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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