How to Use caucus in a Sentence

caucus

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  • Does Kevin McCarthy have the spine to stand up to the lunatics in his own caucus?
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Iowa caucuses that mark the official start of the 2024 election are just forty-six days away.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Both sides tried Thursday to paint the compromise as a win for their caucus.
    — oregonlive, 15 June 2023
  • The first real contest, the Iowa caucuses, is more than nine months away.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • There were wreaths up in Hall’s sanctuary, the caucuses just a few weeks away.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But Ayers had one thing to tell his daughter when the caucus election was over.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
  • In past races, the Iowa lead has flipped multiple times between now and the caucuses.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Reagan had lost the Iowa caucus and five straight primaries to the incumbent.
    — Henry Olsen, National Review, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But the changes still did not assuage four members of the caucus, who broke with their party to oppose the measure.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The Ramaswamy campaign plans to hold caucus captain and get-out-to-vote training at the office space.
    — Alex Tabet, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The typically verboten rhetoric was coming from inside the tent, and from the chair of the largest caucus for House Democrats at that.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 July 2023
  • Before the vote, Johnson said his sympathies were with the far-right caucus.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The poll showed Trump was far and away the top choice among likely caucus voters, garnering 42% of their support.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Rick Scott, who chairs the caucus, said McCarthy’s debt proposal was too vague.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
  • What exactly the caucus stands for can also be hard to define.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 18 July 2023
  • The Trump mug shot merch has been popping up along the campaign trail as Trump and others have been stumping across Iowa ahead of the Jan. 15 caucuses.
    — Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Others were concerned about the lack of effectiveness of the caucus.
    — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But empowering him could still be on the table if his caucus cannot agree on who should lead them.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • He could be called as a witness during the fall, just as debates are heating up and the primaries and caucuses loom on the horizon.
    — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The caucus comes at a tumultuous time, with the writers and actors strikes bringing Hollywood to a halt.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023
  • Trump is holding two rallies in Iowa on Saturday ahead of the caucuses there Jan. 15.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Trump currently plans to hold his final pre-caucus event in Cherokee on the eve of the caucuses on Jan. 14, and plans to remain in the state on caucus night.
    — Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • One of those states is Nevada, where the state party is holding a caucus in defiance of a law that calls for a primary.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Trump, fresh from a win Monday in the Iowa caucuses, has made his various legal fights part of his campaign.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The departure from the race came less than 90 days before the Iowa caucuses, on which Mr. Pence had staked his candidacy.
    — Rebecca Davis O’Brien, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Reynolds has been in the spotlight as presidential hopefuls have traveled to the early caucus state.
    — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 10 July 2023
  • Due payments can often be a gauge of which members are building inroads with their caucus.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
  • As such, Trump is all but guaranteed to win the caucuses and the state's 26 delegates for the GOP nomination.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There are two debates planned before the Iowa caucuses that could still jostle the dynamics.
    — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Dong quit the Liberal caucus last year and sits as an independent.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
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caucus

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  • Democrats caucused last week to choose their candidates.
  • Arizona Democrats go to the polls March 17th, and Wyoming will caucus April 4th.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 17 Mar. 2020
  • In the primaries and caucuses Buchanan got less than a fourth of the votes and won no states.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Just about a third of those caucusing this year are first-timers.
    — NBC News, 4 Feb. 2020
  • And for that to work, Biden has to keep all 50 senators who caucus with Democrats onside.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Of the 34 seats up for grabs, two-thirds are held by Democrats or by independents who caucus with Democrats.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Since the independents caucus with the Democrats, Democrats control the chamber.
    — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Forty-eight Senate seats are in the hands of Democrats or independents who caucus with Democrats.
    — Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2020
  • But even with that critique, Sanders went on to win several precincts where many union workers caucused and went on to win the state.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
  • With the Iowa primary around the corner, let’s talk about caucusing.
    — Fortune, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The ⁦‪@ewarren⁩ vote share appears to have gone up more than 50% between early vote & those who caucused today.
    — Fox News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • That falls short of the 20% to 30% of Republicans who caucused in recent years, experts say.
    — Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Based on the data, Holdcraft is most likely to caucus for Warren.
    — Rob Fischer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The Biden campaign is further planning to court Democrats caucusing for Amy Klobuchar.
    — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 28 Jan. 2020
  • In the Senate, the measure currently has the support of 48 senators who caucus with Democrats.
    — Felicia Sonmez and Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The framework would require support from all 48 Democrats and the two independents who caucus with them.
    — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • So far, Republicans will have a hold on 50 seats for the next term, while the Democrats have 46, along with two independents who caucus with them.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2020
  • That means at least 10 Republicans would have to vote for the bill, if all 50 senators who caucus with Democrats voted as a bloc.
    — Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • There are also two independents who caucus with the Democrats.
    — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2020
  • In the Senate, things are even narrower, with 48 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
  • There are 46 Democrats and two independent senators who caucus with the Democrats.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Gálvez caucuses with the National Action Party in the Senate but is not a member.
    — Maria Verza, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • During a Sunday rally in Indianola, Iowa, Trump urged his supporters to get out and caucus for him, even at the expense of their health and life.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Overall, 21 Senate Democrats will be up for re-election, plus the two independents who caucus with them.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The Senate now stands at 50 Republicans, 46 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the Democrats.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2021
  • No candidate in the modern era of primaries and caucuses with a lead as large as Trump’s has ever lost the nomination.
    — Jay Cost, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Wednesday, House Democrats will caucus and are expected to vote on new leadership.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
  • The five people onstage faced new urgency to cut into Trump's margins with the leadoff Iowa caucuses just two months away.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • There are currently 48 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party.
    — Devan Cole, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The app was rolled out shortly before caucusing began and did not go through rigorous testing.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2020

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