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
Starkey, a veteran session and touring drummer, had been part of The Who’s lineup for nearly 30 years.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 22 June 2025
Second, the state should approve a plan in this legislative session to provide one year of funding equal to half of the federal funding cutbacks.
—Alan M. Leventhal, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
This information, combined with the company’s disappointing outlook, had a significant effect on investor confidence, resulting in a greater than 20% decrease in Moderna’s stock during a single trading session following its Q2 earnings report in August of last year.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Fans are basking in guilt-free listening sessions now that Reputation is in Swift’s sole possession.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 22 June 2025
Second, the state should approve a plan in this legislative session to provide one year of funding equal to half of the federal funding cutbacks.
—Alan M. Leventhal, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
This information, combined with the company’s disappointing outlook, had a significant effect on investor confidence, resulting in a greater than 20% decrease in Moderna’s stock during a single trading session following its Q2 earnings report in August of last year.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Fans are basking in guilt-free listening sessions now that Reputation is in Swift’s sole possession.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for session
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The data points to a steady rise in after-hours activity with chats sent outside the standard nine to five workday up 15% year on year, meetings after 8PM up 16%–driven by global and flexible teams–and more employees checking their inboxes late into the evenings.—
Barnaby Lashbrooke,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The script was soon taken to the market with Chernin moving fast to land a meeting to come on as producers.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
23 June 2025
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On April 21, 456 faculty members attended and voted on a resolution during a faculty assembly, the highest deliberative organ of the faculty.—
Luis A. Nunes Amaral,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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To invalidate thousands of peaceful voices due to the actions of a violent fringe is to fundamentally misunderstand the essence of free assembly.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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“Session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/session. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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