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 This gives the American River and its reservoirs plenty of snow melt for whitewater rafting season which typically booms from May until school is back in session in September. —

Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024 There have also been people experiencing mental health crises right outside the preschool, screaming while class was in session. —

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 Since the Montana Legislature was in session in Helena, the capital, at the time of Mr. Gianforte’s kill, wolf experts doubt the governor could have set the trap and then made the 177-mile trip to shoot the wolf quickly enough to satisfy regulations designed to minimize suffering. —

Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 2 June 2024 Class is in session at Abbott Elementary in a new children’s book. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for in session

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