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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  • Nadella recalled a meeting around 2008–09, convened by then-chairman Bill Gates, to review a potential acquisition involving a team working on parallel data warehousing.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But by 1965, when Johnson convened a committee to study the issue, half of those buildings had been either destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • In Oxford, Archer met Mary Weeden, a chemistry student who became his wife in 1966.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Fewer than half of students met or exceeded state standards in English language arts and math, and many Sacramento-area schools were no exception.
    — Chaewon Chung October 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of met
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  • Tesla, known for its electric vehicles, and SpaceX, a rocket and satellite company, have collaborated before.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Throughout the evening, guests were invited to enjoy a series of cocktails and four different expressions of The Balvenie, which recently collaborated with artist Daniel Arsham on a special case for The 1931 Collection.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaborated
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  • Most of the furniture comes from the owner’s personal collection, gathered over the course of a lifetime from visits to flea markets all over Europe.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Dabrowski’s favorite moment came outside the livestream of the Telfar event from New York, where young Parisians gathered in a spirit of community, dressing with individuality rather than for the cameras.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • The verticality of these works can be seen as an aspirational self-portrait in which destruction and rebirth are literally and metaphorically merged.
    — John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The campus in question had already been closed and merged with another by the time the takeover was announced, but Morath said many of the district’s schools were struggling.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of merged
Verb
  • Police questioned Roper and Hargrove, who fully cooperated with investigators by turning in their DNA and phones.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Capó’s also said El Dorado cooperated fully with the federal agency.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooperated
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  • Kabila's new Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN, includes rebel groups formerly united under the Congo River Alliance, whose former leader Corneille Nangaa will serve as one of the new coalition's two vice presidents.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Kabila’s new Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN, includes rebel groups formerly united under the Congo River Alliance, whose former leader Corneille Nangaa will serve as one of the new coalition’s four vice presidents.
    — Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Caucused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caucused. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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