How to Use executive session in a Sentence

executive session

noun

• The motion came after the board met in an executive session that was closed to the public for just over an hour.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2021
• After an executive session, many on the council spoke about the case and the city’s image.
  — Andy Warren, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
• Arguing was loud enough to be heard through the walls of the board room as trustees mulled the decision in executive session.
  — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• The council met for executive sessions on April 12 and April 17.
  — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2023
• The Ethics Board is set to discuss the matter again in executive session on Thursday.
  — Andrea Gallo, ProPublica, 16 May 2019
• Some of those past meetings were in executive session, closed off from the public.
  — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
• The motion and vote came after the board had met in a closed, executive session for about two hours and 20 minutes Tuesday night.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2022
• The city council will hold an executive session on the proposal in the next couple of weeks and return for a vote next month.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2022
• The vote came after the board met in executive session for nearly two hours on Monday.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2023
• When the board meets on Wednesday, much of its discussion will take place in a closed-door executive session.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020
• The board could discuss Crosland in executive session, then come out of that meeting to take action.
  — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
• Others in the executive session had mused about ways to try to keep the settlement secret.
  — oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2020
• Hunt then joined the Village Board in a closed-door executive session that was scheduled first on the meeting agenda.
  — Rick Kambic, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The school board met in private, executive session for two hours on Thursday.
  — Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• They don’t get paid for executive sessions, which can sometimes last for hours.
  — Bill Banks, ajc, 4 May 2018
• Fortune, meanwhile, told The News that plans are in the works to brief the council Wednesday during executive session.
  — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2021
• The 5-1 vote came late Monday night after the board discussed it in executive session.
  — Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2022
• Under the rules, the committee will convene with the doors open to the public and media and then will vote to go into a closed executive session.
  — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
• The agenda did not mention the ransomware attack, but Taguinod said the board would discuss it in a closed executive session at the end of the meeting.
  — Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 24 June 2021
• The Board of Elections took up the audit, which is now available online, at an executive session on June 28.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022
• Why would a government body want to meet in closed or executive session?
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2021
• That discussion is planned for executive session, which is not open to the public.
  — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
• This time, bishops took their debates over the issue behind closed doors in an executive session the evening before the vote.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• Most of the June 12 meeting, when the licenses were awarded, was held in executive session.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2023
• When the council voted to go into executive session to discuss Hamercheck’s and Cahill’s lawsuit, Hamercheck and Cahill tried to go with them.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
• Most of that meeting consisted of an executive session that ran for more than an hour.
  — al, 5 Oct. 2021
• The group will meet in closed executive session, according to the public agenda posted to the town’s website.
  — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• The City Council is meeting again in executive session this week.
  — Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Jan. 2018
• The board went into executive session to discuss the candidates, then returned to vote in an open meeting a little over an hour later.
  — Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
• The 7-0 vote was taken after an executive session during the board meeting Wednesday night.
  — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024