as in meeting
a gathering of a group of people for a specified purpose
The impending economic crisis prompted widespread calls for a special session of the legislature to enact emergency measures. Court is in session.
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Recent Examples of session
Four years after overhauling its professional standards program in the wake of that scandal, the state agency terminated nine firefighters and disciplined five others for drinking on duty during a six-week training session at the same academy.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
New touches include sleek mid-mod furniture, lakeside yoga classes, and meditation sessions.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
To place a constitutional amendment before voters, the Virginia Constitution requires lawmakers to approve it in two separate legislative sessions, with a state election sandwiched in between.
—Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
At least once a day, the vacuum would come out for a whole-home session that would take her an hour or so when all was said and done.
—Joe Salas
may 09, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
New touches include sleek mid-mod furniture, lakeside yoga classes, and meditation sessions.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
To place a constitutional amendment before voters, the Virginia Constitution requires lawmakers to approve it in two separate legislative sessions, with a state election sandwiched in between.
—Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
At least once a day, the vacuum would come out for a whole-home session that would take her an hour or so when all was said and done.
—Joe Salas
may 09, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for session
Noun
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi pressed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the conflict and refrain from resuming hostilities during a meeting in Beijing.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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On April 17th, Jean attended a first-ever virtual meeting for Midwest-West managers.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The center is equipped with state-of-the-art amenities to host student performances and school assemblies, but also to train the next generation of theater technicians.—
Tim Greiving,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Depositphotos Thanks to researchers at Georgia Tech, robots have taken several new steps towards replacing human labor – and not simply for dangerous tasks such as mining the depths of the Earth and exploring the Moon, or difficult tasks such as high-speed mass-assembly of thousands of cars.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 May 2026
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“Session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/session. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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