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caucused

verb

past tense of caucus
as in convened
to meet as a group to decide on something Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates.

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Recent Examples of caucused Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona left the Democratic Party in 2022, and Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia did the same in 2024, briefly joining Sanders and King as independents who still caucused with the Democrats. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caucused
  1. convened
  2. met
  3. collaborated
  4. gathered
  5. merged
  6. cooperated
  7. united
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  • In 2001, in response to such critiques, the Smithsonian convened a blue-ribbon commission of historians and others led by Richard Darman, a former top aide in Republican White Houses.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
  • That meeting was convened to prepare a formal resolution that the Bay Program could approve in December.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • In mid-September, a grand jury met over five days to decide whether there was probable cause of criminal wrongdoing in connection with Wells’s death.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Allison has met Xi and visited China multiple times, including in June 2026 for a World Economic Forum event.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of met
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  • It’s not known which artist helped craft her Sunday night aesthetic; however, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has famously collaborated with visionary Lorrie Turk.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • With his former bandmate Grohl, Novoselic has collaborated on several songs for Foo Fighters, the band Grohl started in 1994.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborated
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  • The students of the Aburi Girls Boarding School in central Ghana have gathered to perform for a recruiter from the Miss Ghana pageant.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Privately, even with layoffs looming once the companies are merged, the ambitious Democrats were wobbly kneed in this corporate game of chicken that MAGA-friendly Ellison would leave them holding the bag jut before the midterms.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The company says the design came from an internal competition at Renault Design that drew more than 300 sketches, eventually narrowed to two scale models that were merged into the final shape.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of merged
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  • The semi driver was not injured and has cooperated with the investigation.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The driver of the Malibu stayed at the scene after police arrived and cooperated with the investigation.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperated
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  • Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in a display of soft power that united two figures known for fusing style and diplomacy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • From the moment the Miami Dolphins united general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and coach Jeff Hafley in January, Green Bay South started to become a fitting moniker for the new look of the franchise.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of united

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“Caucused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caucused. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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