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
Responding to a recent North Dakota Monitor and ProPublica investigation, more than a half-dozen said a committee should study the issue and propose solutions before the next legislative session in 2027.
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Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Those products move with education into schools and community settings, with regular programming embedded in more than a thousand schools and tens of thousands of menstrual-health sessions delivered.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
First, there’s the session fee, which wasn’t too crazy, but the studio tried to upsell us every step of the way.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
The market has been on a particular tear in September in the leadup to the Fed meeting, as more moribund jobs data poured in – the S&P 500 has posted gains in six of nine sessions this month.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Those products move with education into schools and community settings, with regular programming embedded in more than a thousand schools and tens of thousands of menstrual-health sessions delivered.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
First, there’s the session fee, which wasn’t too crazy, but the studio tried to upsell us every step of the way.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
The market has been on a particular tear in September in the leadup to the Fed meeting, as more moribund jobs data poured in – the S&P 500 has posted gains in six of nine sessions this month.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for session
Noun
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Five meetings and nine months have elapsed since the Fed last adjusted interest rates.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The official did not elaborate on the timing of the meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani or its agenda.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The assembly occurs in parallel, enabling multiple devices to be fabricated on a single chip in one step, by simplifying production and preserving the performance benefits of 2D materials.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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And there have been more of those in different places at different times, the assassination of the speaker of the Minnesota assembly, the shooting here in Colorado.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/session. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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