inner circle
noun
: a small group of people who lead a government or an organization or who are close to its leader
The President has an inner circle of advisers.
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How can Trump deliver the massive tax cuts he’s promised to the MAGA plutocrats who now fill his inner circle and to his family?
Only by simultaneously delivering spending cuts of hundreds of billions of dollars.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Some in his inner circle see the dramatic action as a strategic move to flood the zone and move the Overton window, paving the way for more of the President’s boundary-pushing policymaking in the months and years to come.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
However, be cautious — not everyone in your inner circle may have your best interest at heart.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Before the velvet ropes go up, the artist allows a dubious average Joe (Théodore Pellerin) into his inner circle.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Some in his inner circle see the dramatic action as a strategic move to flood the zone and move the Overton window, paving the way for more of the President’s boundary-pushing policymaking in the months and years to come.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
However, be cautious — not everyone in your inner circle may have your best interest at heart.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Before the velvet ropes go up, the artist allows a dubious average Joe (Théodore Pellerin) into his inner circle.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Inner circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20circle. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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