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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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  • Earlier Thursday, Missouri's top court convened a hearing on whether to hold Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for not following its orders to use the districts passed after the last census.
    — DAVID A. LIEB, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • The New York Power Authority (NYPA) reviews compliance annually and can adjust the site’s benefits if the commitment isn’t met.
    — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026
  • That was the question that the WWE Universe waited to be answered as the two met in a WrestleMania 42 grudge match on Sunday at the State Farm Arena.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of met
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  • Patterson and Parton collaborated on the 2022 novel Run, Rose, Run.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The pair have collaborated on several musical projects over the years, including the psychedelic pop band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborated
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  • Other magpies gathered around it, as if saddened and confused.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Working closely with its wholesale technology team, Arc’teryx refined its order workflows, gathered feedback directly from dealers and observed the buying process to understand where retailers were encountering obstacles.
    — Advertorial, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • In the years since, in a post-pandemic, post-DEI, corporately merged Hollywood, there are fewer Asian-centric worlds.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Plans for a merger were discussed and on June 3, 1984, the congregation merged to become Bethany of Fox Valley United Methodist Church, the release said.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of merged
Verb
  • Officers found the girl in the roadway and located the driver, who cooperated with investigators.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Police say the driver of the second vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperated
Verb
  • With a top manager in place, and a dressing room united behind him, the building blocks are all there for a positive year.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And, despite some disquiet at Xi’s massing of power and reluctance to lay out a succession plan, the Party seems sufficiently institutionalized and united around key objectives to navigate some future turbulence in leadership transition.
    — Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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“Caucused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caucused. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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