How to Use executive session in a Sentence

executive session

noun
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  • 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
  • The council met for executive sessions on April 12 and April 17.
    — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | McAson@al.com, 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 bill is scheduled to be heard again in executive session by the same committee on Friday morning.
    — Julie Makinen and Mary Barsaleau, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The board will go into executive session for both meetings March 27, so those discussions will not be open to the public.
    — cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The group then went into executive session and chose the finalists.
    — Al Gaspeny, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The committee will meet in executive session Friday to vote on the report.
    — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021
  • But the meeting was scheduled for an executive session – out of public view.
    — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The trustees’ action came after the system’s 13 trustees interviewed the four candidates in a closed-door executive session over four and a half hours.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022
  • During a four-hour public hearing ahead of the board's executive session, Alexander pushed back against the findings.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
  • That meeting will likely take place, in closed-door executive session, on March 30.
    — cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Mason's school board will meet in an executive session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and then open for a public meeting at 7 p.m.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The vote came after the board went into executive session that lasted nearly an hour.
    — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2023
  • Three of the 11 candidates were re-interviewed that night, and the board did make a decision after the executive session.
    — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 20 July 2021
  • After the first executive session, the council elected Phillip Cagle in a 3-2 vote.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 10 June 2021
  • After the board emerged from executive session and held the vote, Purnell gave an emotional speech to an emotional crowd.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021

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