Pronunciation of the English word caucus.
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1. | Some states select primary candidates by caucus, while others hold an election. | |
2. | Tom won the Iowa caucus but did not become president. | |
3. | Tom led the small opposition caucus in parliament. | |
4. | That person is elected by the majority party caucus. | |
5. | He was elected chairman of the caucus in 2002. | |
6. | Tom has just returned from Boston, where he attended his party's state caucus to select candidates for the general election. | |
7. | Because the Green Party in Canada has only one elected member of parliament, she sometimes jokes that she can hold caucus meetings in a telephone booth or a cloakroom. | |
8. | Although Mary is a scholar of aboriginal linguistics, even she was surprised to learn that "caucus" derives from an Algonquian word meaning "tribal elders." | |
9. | The elected members of a party will often meet in a private caucus to agree on a unified response to proposed government legislation. | |
10. | The democratic caucus was rigged in her favor. |