bull session

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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 This is a Tom Stoppardesque bull session. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 28 Nov. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull session
Noun
  • Louise meets her Islamist friend, yourstruly, in a chat room for middle children, not on r/redscarepod.
    Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Online bullying is when kids attack their peers through texts, social media, chat rooms, gaming channels and other digital spaces.
    Dr. Mahvash Madni, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
  • The meeting was canceled because of a lack of a quorum.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Soon Amber began receiving invitations to join leadership meetings alongside her director.
    Chris Lipp, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The event will feature multiple seminar options for attendees to pick from.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But at VanWineFest, the seminars are where the real magic happens.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The restaurant’s nonprofit, MAD, is also continuing its speaker series here in Los Angeles for symposiums on cooking, sustainability and more.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The company shared interim data from its ongoing 30-patient Sola™ feasibility study at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2025, the world’s leading symposium in interventional cardiovascular medicine, organized by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These grants are usually in the six-figure range, says Ohinata, and are used for consultations, awareness-raising, and other safeguarding efforts.
    Kristin Houser, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • My first consultation was with a doctor whom my source told me had done a facelift on a former first lady.
    Patricia Tortolani, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The meeting is the third high-level discussion between officials of the two countries since November, Idris said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
  • In some respects, a person might choose to use music therapy on their own, though I am mainly focused in this discussion on music therapy that is part of an overarching therapeutic plan being overseen by a professional clinician.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse 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.
    Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Alongside her team, this pioneering expert consults with the FBI to solve the most baffling and elusive cases.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026

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“Bull session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20session. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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