as in to convene
to meet as a group to decide on something
Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates.
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Recent Examples of caucus
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats who won reelection Tuesday night, issued a scathing statement Wednesday afternoon about the Democrats' performance.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
But Tuesday’s vote in the House committee renewed debate over the practice as Democrats begin the session with one of their slimmest minorities in decades: six Senate seats and nine House seats — the smallest caucus since 2001.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2025
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Eleven senators who caucus with Democrats, as well as three Republicans, voted against the legislation.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats who won reelection Tuesday night, issued a scathing statement Wednesday afternoon about the Democrats' performance.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
Seat 31 begins with the comments Zephyr made on the House floor that angered members of the Republican caucus.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
But Tuesday’s vote in the House committee renewed debate over the practice as Democrats begin the session with one of their slimmest minorities in decades: six Senate seats and nine House seats — the smallest caucus since 2001.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2025
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The trips convene twice a day from the Shoreditch High Street overground station at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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One way to get a good idea of the recipe for stronger artificial intelligence is to talk to experts convening at today’s conferences and tradeshow events to brainstorm about what the near future is likely to look like.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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At previous synods, women were only allowed more marginal roles of observers or experts, literally seated in the last row of the audience hall while the bishops and cardinals took the front rows and voted.—
Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Oct. 2023
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In the Polish Pope’s world view, anti-Communism and traditionalism were inextricably combined; for him, renewal had spread out of control, and the regional synods were part of the problem.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2023
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The Bills’ last score with six minutes left — an exclamation point for the resounding win — had a funky movement.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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The situation reflects broader market movements in response to geopolitical factors.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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The beauty of dance is that there are so many ways to approach it—dance classes, clubbing with friends, or even just grooving in your living room.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Higher revenues clubbed with margin expansion and fewer shares resulted in the company’s bottom line of $21.17 now, up 54% from $13.77 in 2021.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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Supporters of President-elect are accusing of obsessing over Kash Patel after the hearings of a fellow cabinet nominee focused on the nominee for Director.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Six cabinet nominees have big job interviews today A number of high-profile nominees for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet will face senators' questions on Wednesday.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Of the teams left in the running, the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, and Toronto Blue Jays stand out as the potential favorites to land the star slugger.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Mavericks looked like one of the NBA’s elite teams before their best player getting hurt.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Members of the Eastern Jackson County Tenant Union — affiliated with the citywide union KC Tenants — helped draft the ordinance.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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He is affiliated with Optica, IADR-AADOCR, ASLMS, WALT, NAALT, WFLD and ALD.—
Praveen Arany,
The Conversation,
24 Jan. 2025
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Amid Frederiksen’s emergency meeting with business leaders, her foreign minister’s emergency meeting with party leaders, and an additional emergency meeting of the foreign-affairs committee in Parliament, everything, all of a sudden, was in complete flux.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Another meeting is planned for Jan. 30 School board members have been charged before for violating the state’s open meetings laws.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Jan. 2025
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