as in convenes
to meet as a group to decide on something
Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates.
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Recent Examples of caucuses
Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Maine independent Angus King, who caucuses with Senate Democrats, also has backed the measure.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
Some Republicans, noting the defections of two Democrats and King, who caucuses with Democrats, might have hoped to see more Democrats jumping ship.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 2 Oct. 2025
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted for the bill, along with independent Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Maine independent Angus King, who caucuses with Senate Democrats, also has backed the measure.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
Some Republicans, noting the defections of two Democrats and King, who caucuses with Democrats, might have hoped to see more Democrats jumping ship.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada have traditionally been among the first states to hold presidential primaries or caucuses, although neither party has set its formal presidential primary and caucus calendar yet.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caucuses
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Officials also insisted that these changes do not sideline ACIP, the panel of vaccine advisers that convenes for public meetings several times a year to discuss and vote on recommendations.—
Sarah Owermohle,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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The issue will return as the legislature convenes its regular 2026 session in mid-January.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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Even more dangerous are sudden movements in such instances.—
Dana Kelley,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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Resisting Europe’s current trajectories through supporting patriotic European movements aims to restore civilizational confidence and true alliance vitality.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pay Attention supports meetings and conversations with real-time transcription and translation when enabled.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Republican staffers sullenly reported to messaging meetings to talk about immigration.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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As of January 7, seven teams are looking for a new coach, including the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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There's also a move toward more closed cabinets and hidden storage, such as butler’s pantries, which reduce clutter and create a calmer space.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Kitchen organization is all about making your cabinets, pantry, and refrigerator storage functional.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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So far, Rabbinic Fit Check has featured 57 rabbis, clergy members and students from a range of denominations and garnered over 1,300 followers.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
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The denominations of hell notes can often run to eight figures, though their face value has little bearing on their earthly price, which can be as low as a few cents.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Regular programming is slated to include fireside conversations, creative workshops, artist pop-ups, and live music performances.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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The 17th annual show, which lands at Orange County Convention Center Friday-Sunday with more than 100,000 square feet of space, offers a chance to talk with vendors, ask for advice, shop for edible goods, participate in workshops and seek inspiration for home and garden projects.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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Boston Dynamics couples perception (IMUs, cameras, possibly LiDAR) with these controllers to enable rapid reflexive responses.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their recent paper describes the Movement Reshaping (MR) Exosuit, which, rather than augmenting any part of the human body, couples the motion of one joint to lock or unlock the motion of another joint.—
Payal Dhar,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Sep. 2021
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“Caucuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caucuses. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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