open season
nounDefinition of open season
1
: a period when it is legal to kill or catch game or fish protected at other times by law
2
: a time during which someone or something is the object of sustained attack or criticism
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Anna-Lena Gronefeld leads the way as San Diego squad to open season Sunday in New York About to enter her seventh season in World TeamTennis, Anna-Lena Gronefeld has played for five different squads. — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Aviators doubles ace bucks TeamTennis turnover trend," 12 July 2019 The hunt is on in Florida for invasive exotic iguanas, and the open season to remove them has claimed a human victim, according to a report on WPTV.com. — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, "During Florida iguana hunt, pool worker gets shot: report," 11 July 2019 In Florida, where Iguana iguana is an invasive species, the Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has declared open season on the creatures. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "Floridians are free to kill all green iguanas," 3 July 2019 Investors are getting used to such run-ins: The U.S. president’s criticisms of the Federal Reserve have signaled open season on technocrats. — Andrew Peaple, WSJ, "India Is the Latest Place for a Government-Central Bank Scrap," 2 Nov. 2018 Among its potential suggestions: open season on walleye, bass and catfish, a permit system for whale-watching and spending millions on habitat restoration. — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, "Draft recommendations for orca recovery include permit system for whale-watching, millions in funding," 24 Oct. 2018 Ross Tucker, the author of the influential Science of Sport blog, tweeted: Many people saying it’s now open season on salbutamol, that the salbutamol policy is in tatters. — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, "The Chris Froome Ruling Just Broke Anti-Doping," 3 July 2018 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, "Better days ahead for Texas offshore anglers," 23 June 2018 Pirela is no match for the likes of Cincinnati’s Joey Votto or Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, but the Padres’ submission still speaks to an eye-opening season. — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Padres' Jose Pirela nominated for Hank Aaron Award," 9 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'open season.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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