secret society
noun
: any of various oath-bound societies often devoted to brotherhood, moral discipline, and mutual assistance
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Playing himself, Taylor is drawn into a secret society of werewolf trackers who need his unique expertise.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, and Eliza Scanlen are charming as the March sisters, freewheeling teenagers who put on plays, form a secret society, and develop a keen understanding of the relationship between art and commerce in mid-19th-century America.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
Tokyo controlled civil society by creating and infiltrating organizations such as youth groups, martial arts clubs, student unions, secret societies, and religious organizations.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, and Eliza Scanlen are charming as the March sisters, freewheeling teenagers who put on plays, form a secret society, and develop a keen understanding of the relationship between art and commerce in mid-19th-century America.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
Tokyo controlled civil society by creating and infiltrating organizations such as youth groups, martial arts clubs, student unions, secret societies, and religious organizations.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Secret society.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20society. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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