closed session

noun

: a meeting or a portion of a meeting closed to all but members

The board will meet in closed session to discuss the issue.

Examples of closed session in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The only item listed on the in-person meeting’s agenda is a closed session to discuss personnel matters, though details of the discussion are not given. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

The discussion came after the commission went into closed session to discuss the legalities of the site plan and data center. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026

After the hearing, the board will confer privately in a closed session and then announce their decision publicly Friday, according to the spokesperson. — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026

During last week’s council meeting, officials said councilmembers would discuss any impacts of the state’s lawsuit in closed session, as is normal with most pending litigation. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Rhymes for closed session

• decompression
• dispossession
• indiscretion
• intercession
• introgression
• nonaggression
• prepossession
• recompression
• repossession
• retrocession
• retrogression
• supersession