cliquishness

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Noun
  • This mutuality of benefit establishes the greatest potential for success.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Many of the themes of the nearly two-hour event were about audacity and mutuality, enduring words King used famously in speeches and writing.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Unfortunately for her, Steve’s more than ready for the attack, and what begins as a perfect friendship, devolves into an all-out feud.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Raising the stakes is the shadow of the king’s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his royal title of Prince Andrew, exiled from public life and put under police investigation over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Indianapolis didn't crack Nextdoor's list of the 20 friendliest cities in Indiana, but its separate ranking of neighborhoods in the Indy metro area finds plenty of cordiality in Central Indiana.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Liberated from this approach to economic warfare, relations with allies may recover some of their former cordiality.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But one suspected the real reason for Huang’s geniality lay elsewhere.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.
    William Robin, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, their amity turned out to be a time bomb.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
  • His ease in the landscape, practical intelligence, local alliances, and obvious interest offer not just an escape, but one new amity – a true alternative to the abuse she’s endured.
    Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Cliquishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliquishness. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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