caucusing

verb

present participle of caucus
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 According to the filing, 284 energy grants were terminated because they were located in states that voted for Harris and were represented by two Democratic-caucusing senators. — James Ward, USA Today, 25 July 2026 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. — 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
  1. convening
  2. meeting
  3. gathering
  4. cooperating
  5. collaborating
  6. merging
  7. consolidating
  8. uniting
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  • This year’s 2026 edition of Doc Dreams will continue that tradition, convening some of the industry’s most exciting documentary voices.
    — William Earl, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI commissioned them as part of the preparations for convening the Estates-General, giving the population a way to make its grievances known.
    — Léo Keler, The Dial, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of convening
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  • Quiñonez, the Big East Sixth Woman of the Year last year, chipped in four points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals in just under 15 minutes, meeting her minute restriction in her sophomore debut.
    — Jake McCreven, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The state would be responsible for reviewing financial reports and investigating clinics that are not meeting the requirement.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of meeting
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  • While gathering material in southern Ukraine, Carrère travels with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom, a brooding young man named Serhiy, reminds him of a character from a Dostoyevsky novel.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The spacecraft eventually dropped down to just 171 miles (275 kilometers) above the planet, and the observatory officially stopped gathering scientific data.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathering
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  • Police said the driver of the vehicle that struck the bicyclist remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Gainey could not be reached for comment, but while the current O'Connor administration has been cooperating with investigators, Chief of Staff Dann Gilman said these revelations are disturbing.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of cooperating
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  • The team is now collaborating with NASA to investigate whether the approach could help analyse light from distant galaxies.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The film marks Dior’s second animation project this year, after collaborating with French studio Remembers, founded by Ugo Bienvenu and Félix de Givry, on a film recounting the story of its signature fragrance Miss Dior.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of collaborating
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  • Nearly a decade later, the two are still merging minds, creating functional clothing for the everyday consumer through an array of shirts, jeans, sweaters, and jackets.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That issue arose, and not for the first time, when Musk in effect blessed the idea of merging Tesla and SpaceX, his two biggest public companies.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of merging
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  • Part of that mission is consolidating as many of the princess’ possessions as possible.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The industry already is consolidating and that will accelerate.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of consolidating
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  • Finally, the rowdy late-night crowd of after-partiers spills in, at worst hogging the mic and at best uniting an entire room.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than focusing solely on uniting the party’s traditional coalition in the aftermath of the primary, El-Sayed has sought to bring new voters — particularly college students and rural residents — into the fold.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of uniting

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