in session

idiom

: in the process of meeting formally

Congress is in session right now.

US : conducting classes

School will be back in session at the beginning of September.

Examples of in session in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web House Republicans are set to devote much of their last three weeks in session before the election to targeting Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz with investigations, hearings — and potentially more. —

Andrew Solender, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024 And, like the majority — nearly 51% — of school shootings in the last 10 years, the fatal incident in north Georgia happened during the school day, while classes were in session. —

Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024 Key Background School was in session for a little more than a month at Apalachee High School, where the first day of classes after summer break was Aug. 1. —

Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 School is in session across most of the country and False Fall is here (as are pumpkin spice … everythings), but summer gets one final formal bow with Labor Day. —

Mahnoor Khan, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in session

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