Thesaurus results for BULL SESSION

bull session

noun

Definition of bull session

as in chat room

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Recent Examples of bull session And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024 The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city. — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023 The entire movie is infused with a revolutionary, Year Zero spirit that becomes as exhausting as an undergraduate bull session. — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022 But Mandel has the stylistic elegance and emotional sympathy to make this more than merely an undergraduate bull session. — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022 The calculations about what should be taught, or better yet what shouldn't be, sound like the workings of an all-night dormitory bull session. — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2021

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Noun

Defense attorneys unsuccessfully fought the public release of Twiggs’ statements and the chat room messages.

— Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Defense attorneys unsuccessfully fought the public release of the statements from Twiggs and the chat room messages.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of chat room

Noun

Oh, and there was that springtime visit with the Nebraska football program, which included a clinic with the players and a long, in-depth skull session with the coaching staff.

— Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
All of it – the jump in defensive rating from 18th last season to sixth; all those skull sessions with lead defensive assistant Jeff Bzdelik – was for nights like this.

— Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018

Definition of skull session

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Research from Accor found that one face‑to‑face meeting delivered the impact of roughly three virtual meetings, while 35% explicitly said the extra time and travel costs were worthwhile because of the business value created.

— Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
On Sunday, Kushner held a rare meeting with Hamas’ new leader, Khalil al-Hayya, in El Alamein in Egypt.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of meeting

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The clinics have over five years helped support over 500 filmmaking teams to date, and some of the early interest in this edition of the seminar is already surpassing last year’s edition.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
The Mary Kay seminar, which has called the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center home for years, is on tour while the convention center undergoes those remodels.

— Bo Evans, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of seminar

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Since then, the company has emerged as a key strategic firm in the country’s ambition to dominate future technology, with its founder Wang Xingxing seated in the front row at President Xi Jinping’s rare symposium with top tech businesses last year.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The symposium was moved from a 400-seat auditorium at the National Gallery to a meeting room at Dumbarton Oaks that seats 80.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of symposium

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Earlier this week, the EFL confirmed it had been served with legal proceedings by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) over changes enacted in League One, with the PFA citing insufficient consultation on the rule amendments.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Diplomatic efforts today too often grant the Taliban a formal place at the table while limiting contact with Afghan women to informal consultations.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of consultation

Noun

Path2Papers, a project at Cornell Law School, analyzed 1,600 consults and estimated that around 60% of DACA recipients would be subject to the 10-year ban.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Mark Vrtiska does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

— Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Definition of consult

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