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 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
  • Another day, popular trading card content creator and dealer Kyle Kravitz, known for his King of Kards brand, might spend an hour negotiating deals with users through the live online chat room while most viewers simply watch along.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Time stamps seen in the photos show Thornton remained in the chat room for nearly an hour.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 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
  • This was the teams’ first meeting at T-Mobile Arena since Arizona beat UCLA in the 2023 Pac-12 tournament final for the second year in a row.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Witnesses and text messages introduced during trial placed Désir at meetings where the plot evolved from a plan to capture Moïse to killing him.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Boden told The Hollywood Reporter, talking the day after his keynote speech at the annual Motion Picture Association (MPA) seminar at Tokyo International Film Festival.
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Proof Again, Huang began sending out e-mails—more than 40 in 2023—and gave a circuit of seminar talks.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Production paused in Season 1 when a mining symposium took over the town’s hotels.
    — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile at the Architectural Association’s campus on Bedford Square, the foundation, together with the architecture school and the Serpentine, held a two-day symposium in Hadid’s honor.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Marking its fourth consecutive year at AFM, the China Film Pavilion served as a central hub for cross-border deal-making and policy consultation.
    — Partner Content, Variety, 13 Nov. 2026
  • In my view, mandatory public consultation before deploying such systems in a community would improve the legitimacy of the program and of the implementing government.
    — TK Vinod Kumar, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Malik Willis’ injury and Kyle McCord’s move into the starting lineup dominated much of the discussion at Thursday’s weekly session with a handful of Dolphins assistant coaches.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The discussions followed two days of negotiations involving Russian, Ukrainian and American representatives in Abu Dhabi.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Danielle Friedman 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.
    — Danielle Friedman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Expect more brands to pair products with questionnaires, telehealth consults or at-home test kits.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Bull session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20session. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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