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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  • The Senate Finance Committee recently convened lawmakers to begin figuring out ways to shore up Social Security’s finances.
    — Marc Goldwein, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In 1998 Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter convened a grand jury to look into the murder.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • On Sunday, Roman Goffman, the chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, met again with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Jordan to ease the latest tensions, according to the Syrian state news agency.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Fils-Tiafoe match was the first time two Black players have met in an ATP Masters 1000 final.
    — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of met
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  • Ball, who collaborated with two camera operators and two assistants on Tucci in Italy, then designed shots as unobtrusive as possible so the contributors could feel comfortable.
    — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Geneticist Shai Carmi, an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has collaborated on an unpublished analysis of another grave from the same cemetery but was not involved in the research on Zosia.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborated
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  • An Israeli military source told CNN the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had gathered intelligence on Turkey’s plans to deploy personnel, drones and air-defense systems at the site.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The 33% approval the president gathered also tied his worst approval rating during his first term in office.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Dow and DuPont combined their agricultural divisions into Corteva, while China National Chemical Corporation bought Syngenta, then merged it with Sinochem’s farm assets.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • His acquittal was overturned and the case was merged with that relating to the coup attempt.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of merged
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  • Boohoo, which bought department store chain Debenhams in 2021 and years later renamed itself Debenhams Group, reportedly said through a spokesperson that the company has already cooperated fully with the watchdog.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The book profiles government officials who cooperated across party lines.
    — Emily Staunton, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperated
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  • Yet these subjects are often united by a kind of nostalgia—or more precisely, the kind of nostalgia induced by pop culture artifacts.
    — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Her five siblings, citing a tag-along provision and majority vote, are united in selling, while Jeanie references a 2017 court ruling requiring co-trustee approval.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
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