as in convening
to meet as a group to decide on something
Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates.
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Recent Examples of caucusing
Two days before Cunningham changed her party affiliation, The News & Observer asked the House Democratic leader if she and other swing vote Democrats were still caucusing with the three Democrats who lost their primaries, including Cunningham.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
The delays usually mean lawmakers are caucusing and trying to hash out compromises on bills behind closed doors.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 23 Feb. 2026
Regardless of whether the race goes to a convention, leaders of both parties touted the importance of caucusing in the off year to help boost their chances in November.
—Brianne Pfannenstiel, Des Moines Register, 2 Feb. 2026
Republicans hold a 53–47 majority in the Senate, with two independents caucusing with Democrats.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
The delays usually mean lawmakers are caucusing and trying to hash out compromises on bills behind closed doors.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 23 Feb. 2026
Regardless of whether the race goes to a convention, leaders of both parties touted the importance of caucusing in the off year to help boost their chances in November.
—Brianne Pfannenstiel, Des Moines Register, 2 Feb. 2026
Republicans hold a 53–47 majority in the Senate, with two independents caucusing with Democrats.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caucusing
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Some want their philanthropy to play a leadership role by convening others, influencing the field, or funding innovative work.—
Kris Putnam-Walkerly,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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And outside the university, the cycling community is strong, convening at spots such as the Davis Bike Collective and Davis Bike Club.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Your connections are under a microscope, but clarity arrives around who’s meeting you halfway and who’s just enjoying access to you.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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The interest rate climate is high and static right now, with another Federal Reserve meeting not even scheduled again until June.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The robot training center's primary focus will be on gathering all the data possible, across a diverse collection of robots, in an effort to be able to fine-tune methods to teach new bots old tricks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 May 2026
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So, the political arm of the Peninsula Open Space Trust, which helps acquire land that the open space authority often manages, qualified the measure for the ballot through an initiative signature-gathering drive.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Costco is contacting customers who purchased the plants within the past five or so weeks and has been cooperating with all agricultural commissioners, the advisory stated.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Police say the driver of the Rav4 is cooperating with the investigation.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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But having begun collaborating with Gran Tierra in 2019, the foundation has now been accused of complicity in sportswashing — using football to redirect attention away from unethical activity.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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The smartest event brands tend to be the ones collaborating with these spaces in varying ways.—
Sunita Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The new study suggests that the Milky Way merging with the Loki galaxy was almost on the scale of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus event.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
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This originally emerged , in part, through the visual languages circulating across Latin America and small pockets on the internet, the aesthetic speaks to how women have long been merging disparate style worlds into something entirely new.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Although teams are trying to play more directly to work the ball through or over man-to-man presses, there is still the possibility of consolidating possession once the initial attack breaks down.—
Jon Mackenzie,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Nexstar also was in the process of consolidating Tegna’s operations and top Tegna executives had cashed out.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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The group started to strictly focus on uniting business and community leaders to boost Montgomery County.—
William J. Ford,
Baltimore Sun,
25 May 2026
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Alasdair McLellan shot the portraits and a series of trailers that portray Jung Kook as a modern icon embodying the freedom of the open road, uniting fashion and entertainment to create an immersive world that balances his larger-than-life impact with Calvin Klein’s point of view.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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“Caucusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caucusing. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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