How to Use executive session in a Sentence

executive session

noun
  • But the board took no vote after a closed-door executive session.
    — Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • They don’t get paid for executive sessions, which can sometimes last for hours.
    — Bill Banks, ajc, 4 May 2018
  • Why would a government body want to meet in closed or executive session?
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Some of those past meetings were in executive session, closed off from the public.
    — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Most of that meeting consisted of an executive session that ran for more than an hour.
    — al, 5 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • That discussion is planned for executive session, which is not open to the public.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The board held two executive sessions to deal with personnel matters last week.
    — Chadd Cripe, idahostatesman, 25 May 2018
  • But the meeting was scheduled for an executive session – out of public view.
    — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The school board met in private, executive session for two hours on Thursday.
    — Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Others in the executive session had mused about ways to try to keep the settlement secret.
    — oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2020
  • 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 vote came after the board met in executive session for nearly two hours on Monday.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The vote came after the board went into executive session that lasted nearly an hour.
    — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2023
  • Regents went into executive session for about an hour.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • The council will meet in executive session.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The board could discuss Crosland in executive session, then come out of that meeting to take action.
    — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The group then went into executive session and chose the finalists.
    — Al Gaspeny, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 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 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
  • 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
  • The board adjourned the meeting and went into executive session.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That wasn’t the only contentious portion of the executive session.
    — oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The City Council is meeting again in executive session this week.
    — Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Jan. 2018
  • That meeting will likely take place, in closed-door executive session, on March 30.
    — cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Questions have also been raised about how much discussion on this issue took place behind closed doors in executive session.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • After an executive session lasting nearly an hour and a half, all board members but Smith returned to the dais.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The committee will meet in executive session Friday to vote on the report.
    — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021

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