Coterie in a sentence as a noun

There is a very small coterie of people that can, and will, use their influence to maintain interest in a project over time.

Those are created by a concentrated coterie, just as most other impressive creations.

Maybe, but if not done carefully, this could also lead to a coterie of high karma "power users" who control the content regular users see.

The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

"The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

It seems like no matter how blatantly Google carries out it's updated "Microsoft from the 1990's" act there will be a coterie of apologists on HN explaining away it's actions.

It does it for the benefit of Amazon, and then finds a way to spin it to authors, with the help of a coterie of supporters to carry that message forward, more or less uncritically.

To quote Julian Assange: "The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

But, I've come to expect such thorny defenses cultivated by a coterie of stern acolytes who have devoted themselves to a particular flavor of programming.

I am reminded of something someone* said about leaks in 2006:The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

In my experience, IRC rooms tend to converge on a state where they are really useful to a largish coterie of experts that frequent them and know each other, and frightening, off-putting, or actively hostile to the newbies that this project is targeting.

I find it amazing how often supposedly substantive discussions about Wikileaks and Julian Assange go on without any explicit mention or acknowledgment of what I've always considered his central thesis:----"The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance[...]The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie.

Coterie definitions

noun

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

See also: clique ingroup pack camp