How to Use open season in a Sentence

open season

noun
  • Quite frankly, he's injured now because of the open season that there's been on Zion Williamson in the paint.
    Dan Gelston, ajc, 7 May 2021
  • The past year and a half has been open season for headhunters in the food industry.
    Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2017
  • At 25-2, VanDerveer’s team is one of the best in the country and in something of a wide-open season, has a good shot to win the whole thing.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The rule sets the daily bag limit at five lake trout and creates a year-round open season.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2021
  • The open season will run for at least 30 days, the company announced Jan. 9.
    Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The open season, when people can sign up for coverage, runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.
    Peter Baker and Robert Pear, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2017
  • These turnovers tack on to an eye-opening season total.
    Tyler Donohue, ajc, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Some praised the decision, while others felt the move would signal open season on more children's books.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Their contents, and your relationship to them as a couple, is open season.
    Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Some key fishing regulations include: Do not take fish outside of the open season for that species.
    Mika Travis, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • There's really only one catch: open season is between March 1 and June 30th.
    Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2016
  • During grunion spawning season, there is an open season for gathering the fish.
    Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • During open season for the prized fish, a recreational anglers can harvest up to 10 vermilion and up to two red snapper per trip.
    Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Fans of the the Tennessee Volunteers will quickly close the book on the season-opening season of the 2019 season, while rival programs will bask in all of the orange frustration of the day.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This certainly explains why the Duffer Brothers chose to open season two just three days before Halloween.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2018
  • But, a yes to open season doesn't guarantee everything remains open.
    Rob Kleifield, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2020
  • The 46 West Texas and Panhandle counties that are currently closed for squirrel hunting will now have a year-round, no bag limit open season for squirrel.
    Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Required to hunt game animals during an archery-only open season or to hunt deer at any time in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, or Rockwall counties.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Perhaps most important, though, June 1 has for the last decade marked the opening day of what has been an increasingly ephemeral open season for the recreational harvest of red snapper.
    Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 23 June 2018
  • Too many people were still open season, even for those who protected themselves, the virus evaded the vaccines just barely well enough to ensure its survival and expansion.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Things are much tighter in North Carolina, where recreational anglers were allowed to fish for flounder during an open season that only lasted from Sept. 1 to Sept. 14.
    Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2021
  • An open season for booking capacity on the pipeline ended on Monday.
    Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Outside of migratory bird hunting changes, TPWD approved open seasons on public lands and hunting dates for state parks.
    Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 23 May 2020
  • In short, the decision has allowed Texas to declare open season on tech platforms, with huge ramifications for everyone in the country.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • In 2014, gamers incensed by demands for more diverse storytelling in videogames declared open season on feminists on the internet.
    Laurie Penny, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
  • But Sullivan said her ruling doesn’t create open season on Carman’s rights but allows the plaintiffs to ask specific questions.
    Dave Altimari, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Plains is also soliciting customers for a second open season for Cactus II, the company said.
    Ryan Maye Handy, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The guide, which is free to the public, covers a wide array of materials including the locations of public fishing areas, open seasons, and record weights of numerous species.
    Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Which explains the gag that opens Season 2’s third episode, showing a white suburban-seeming mom ranting on social media about hearing one of Paper Boi’s rowdy songs on the radio with her daughter.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Most states have websites listing open season dates, times of day, harvest limits, and regions where harvesting is lawful (due to water quality).
    Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020

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