Sentence examples for caucuses have been from inspiring English sources

"The caucuses have been discarded," said Adnan Pachachi, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council.

The Republican caucuses have been overshadowed by the weirdness in the South Carolina G.O.P. primary.

2. The caucuses have been conveniently scheduled to take place on the Saturday morning of a three-day weekend.

This just in: the Iowa caucuses have been moved up significantly, lest the state jeopardize its status as the nation's Capital of Disproportionate Political Influence.

Over the last quarter of a century, the presidential nominating season has grown shorter and shorter as primaries and caucuses have been held earlier and earlier.

In addition, the state's caucuses have been conducted over a rolling period — some areas vote on Saturday, but others voted last weekend, before Mr. Santorum's surge in the national polls.

The Nevada caucuses had been set for Feb 18. Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, finished first in Nevada in 2008.

About 87percentt of the caucuses had been scheduled, with locations and chairmen, and Mr. Fisher was told that it should be 100percentt by the end of November.

The precinct caucuses had been scheduled for Jan . 14 but the parties moved them up as other states rushed to the front of the primary calendar.

Mr. Romney, whose strategy for the Iowa caucuses has been challenged by the new strength Mr. Huckabee has shown in recent polls, was endorsed Tuesday by National Review, the conservative magazine, which called him "the most conservative viable candidate" in the race.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Feb. 18 — Iowa, with its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, has been celebrated for 30 years for its intimate campaigns where future presidents would perch on living room couches or sit at kitchen tables and take questions from 20 or 30 people late into the night.