charmed circles

noun

plural of charmed circle
as in elites

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  1. elites
  2. in-groups
  3. folds
  4. communities
  5. organizations
  6. networks
  7. colleges
  8. cliques
Noun
  • Most worked to serve the city's elites as guards, cleaners, tailors and butchers.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • First was the question of how to manage Russia’s elites, many of whom were less than enthusiastic about a direct confrontation with the West.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of elites
Noun
  • In this theory, individuals categorize themselves and others into in-groups and out-groups, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours and that typically, people tend to favour those in their in-group.
    — Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of in-groups
Noun
  • The company says Document Scan can reduce dog-ear folds, wrinkles, and fingerprints when capturing scans.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Homies has developed its vocabulary around proportion, lightness and the way leather sits and folds around the foot.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • Instead, local communities have learned how the law enforcement agencies themselves have been misusing the technology to, in some cases, stalk and harass their citizens.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And as a result, the data centers built to enable this growth have drawn scrutiny from communities and across party lines, including concerns over higher electric bills.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • The bias in police recruitment was even worse in South Africa under apartheid, when the police forces were all-white organizations that frequently abused their power in dealings with Black South Africans.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Sunita Viswanath, executive director of Hindus for Human Rights, said her group is one of 61 interfaith and secular organizations that signed an open letter protesting Saturday’s event.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • Organizations aggregate enormous amounts of telemetry across endpoints, networks, identities, applications and cloud infrastructure.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Polls are often sponsored by television networks or news organizations, but conducted by universities or polling companies over which the FCC has no control.
    — Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • Most colleges resorting to this tactic face the same underlying pressure.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Around two-thirds of states have a process for colleges to apply for approval, said Carrie Warick-Smith, vice president for public policy for the Association of Community College Trustees.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of colleges
Noun
  • So the players will get a day off to cool down but have to spend the night at the pub quiz in teams of Ted’s choosing, never mind the cliques.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Amid the crushes, cliques, and teenage angst, two sisters set out to define themselves on their own terms.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cliques
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“Charmed circles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charmed%20circles. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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