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noun

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Recent Examples of caucus
Verb
Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine are independents who caucus with the Democrats. Martín González Gómez, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 Democrats, including independents who caucus with them, will control 47. Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
House Democratic caucus chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) gave a preview of some of Democrats' messaging, arguing on the call that the funding freeze proves Project 2025 is Trump's governing playbook. Andrew Solender, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025 One-quarter of Republican caucus joins Democrats to oppose Democrats decried the resolution, noting its anti-LGBTQ+ stance could harm gay Idahoans. Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for caucus 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caucus
Verb
  • Some education stakeholders said Lamont also ignored several proposals from the Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding, a 14-member group convened by statute in 2021 that delivered its final recommendations last month.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Zoom in: After several years spent focused on health care costs, Indiana lawmakers convened a task force in 2023.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At previous synods, women were only allowed more marginal roles of observers or experts, literally seated in the last row of the audience hall while the bishops and cardinals took the front rows and voted.
    Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the Polish Pope’s world view, anti-Communism and traditionalism were inextricably combined; for him, renewal had spread out of control, and the regional synods were part of the problem.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • His attempt to enact that clause generated a movement known as Strike Germany, through which artists have declined to work with German institutions that will not issue statements in solidarity with Palestine or alter their positions on Israel’s war in Gaza.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • After Musk reportedly spent nearly $300 million to get Trump and his MAGA movement back into office, the president tasked his mega-donor with heading a department to cut government spending.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Fox told The Sacramento Bee the injury occurred when he was clubbed on the hand by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
  • In the next few scenes, the filmmaker shows Eden acting out, wearing her dead brother’s clothes and sneaking out to go clubbing, in hopes that the music might distract from her pain.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of shoppers gave the cabinet perfect reviews, calling out the quality design and ample storage space.
    Rachel Trujillo, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Yet even that rare bright spot in relations couldn’t fully escape the shadow of distrust and animosity between the two countries – sentiments that some fear will only deepen now that President Donald Trump is back in the White House with a cabinet staffed with China hawks.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Wins at Kentucky and against Michigan on a neutral floor in New York give them key points most other bubble teams don't have, and the SEC schedule gives them ample opportunities to get into the conversation.
    Anthony Kristensen, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • This annual tournament features the winning teams from the domestic leagues in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela and this year for the first time features a team representing Japan.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • He is affiliated with Optica, IADR-AADOCR, ASLMS, WALT, NAALT, WFLD and ALD.
    Praveen Arany, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Members of the Eastern Jackson County Tenant Union — affiliated with the citywide union KC Tenants — helped draft the ordinance.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What to Know: On Thursday, Trump confirmed the tariffs in a meeting with reporters at the White House.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Within an hour of that chance meeting, Ahn was on the phone with Lauren posing a question the Bodens never expected to hear during their job search.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 30 Jan. 2025

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