in session

idiom

1

: in the process of meeting formally

Congress is in session right now.

2

US : conducting classes

School will be back in session at the beginning of September.

Examples of in session in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Republican strategist Brad Todd downplayed the significance of the Texas outcome, noting the election took place on an unusual day for voting ‒ a Saturday ‒ and was to fill the remaining months of a state Senate term while the Texas legislature is not in session. —Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026

Oklahoma requires public schools to be in session for 181 days and have 1,080 instructional hours per school year. —Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 3 Feb. 2026

Class is back in session Tuesday for students at Columbia Heights Public Schools, one day after a racially and politically motivated bomb threat forced them to close for the day. —Adam Duxter, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026

But classes, much like the AJC On Campus Roundup, are in session. —Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 31 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for in session

• accession
• aggression
• compression
• concession
• confession
• depression
• digression
• discretion
• expression
• impression
• obsession
• oppression