in session
idiom
1
: in the process of meeting formally
Congress is in session right now.
2
US
: conducting classes
School will be back in session at the beginning of September.
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School is still in session for the three-year-old Thoroughbreds and a big test is coming up for one runner in particular at the Haskell stakes on July 19.
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Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
When the semester is in session, some students visiting the PRIDE Center don gender-affirming clothes for the first time at the Rainbow Wardrobe.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Some, like Camp Mystic, were in session when the floods hit.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Court was not in session the following day because of the holiday.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
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Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
When the semester is in session, some students visiting the PRIDE Center don gender-affirming clothes for the first time at the Rainbow Wardrobe.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Some, like Camp Mystic, were in session when the floods hit.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Court was not in session the following day because of the holiday.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
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“In session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20session. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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