executive session
noun
: a usually closed session (as of a legislative body) that functions as an executive council (as of the U.S. Senate when considering appointments or the ratification of treaties)
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The decision came during an executive session at a meeting in May 2023, with no details of the deliberations, state records show.
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The commission exited executive session around 5:45 p.m. Upon exiting executive session Moya called for a vote that Hauck be removed from administrative leave and be reinstated effective immediately.
—Grace Hurt, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
The board first met for a closed executive session to discuss the district's memberships in the Educational Theatre Association, the Theatre National Association for Music Education and the Music and National Dance Education Organization.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
If the matters to be handled by the committee are executive session items, the formation of the committee itself still should be an open session item, which informs the membership that some closed session items will not be handled by the entire board of directors.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The commission exited executive session around 5:45 p.m. Upon exiting executive session Moya called for a vote that Hauck be removed from administrative leave and be reinstated effective immediately.
—Grace Hurt, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
The board first met for a closed executive session to discuss the district's memberships in the Educational Theatre Association, the Theatre National Association for Music Education and the Music and National Dance Education Organization.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
If the matters to be handled by the committee are executive session items, the formation of the committee itself still should be an open session item, which informs the membership that some closed session items will not be handled by the entire board of directors.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Executive session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20session. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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