agreed in the last meeting vs agreed at the last meeting

These are both acceptable phrases, but they would be used in somewhat dissimilar contexts. 'Agreed in the last meeting' implies that the agreement was reached during the meeting, while 'agreed at the last meeting' suggests that the agreement was made as a result of the meeting.

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agreed in the last meeting

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that an agreement was reached during the last meeting.

Examples:

We all agreed in the last meeting that the project timeline needed to be adjusted.

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So we're exploring the objectives that we set out and agreed upon at the last meeting and how we might achieve them in practice.
Now it was agreed at the last G7 meeting to give financial assistance for two reactors in the Ukraine, thanks to the means of financing we have in the EU, so that Chernobyl can be shut down.
This was agreed at our last TEC meeting, but a follow-up will be needed.
The Commission has followed, to the letter, the roadmap outlined by the Council, and the Council agreed on conclusions at the last meeting.
The TABD, the Business Dialogue was very successful in its last meeting in Cincinatti, but we note that since then the Environment Dialogue has closed down in the last couple of weeks.
At the last meeting in Gymnich, we had a very useful discussion.
At the last meeting it adopted:
Don't worry, it's also the last meeting.
The last meeting didn't quite go as I hoped.
You said he was ours after the last meeting.
Thank God it's the last meeting.
The last meeting with Austria took place on 1 April 2008.
At the last meeting of the Conference of Presidents we became aware of organised lobbyism in our own House.
I am happy that Commissioner Piebalgs mentioned today this possible compromise unlike at the last meeting when we discussed electricity.
Early this week Thanksgiving the last meeting of the editors is on December 17.
In the last twelve hours there have been more encrypted messages coming out of Company security than in the last year.
Parliament agreed in a substantial but reasonable 33% increase in the Fund's appropriations (financed by the producer), while the Commission is proposing a 200% increase without justifying the non-use of the approx. €45 million deducted in the last three years.
The reporting requirements for national co-financing have been improved in the last years, where national authorities have to certify amounts contracted and disbursed via national funds, compare them with the forecast amounts agreed in financing Memoranda and, where necessary, explain the differences between the amounts.
At the last meeting of the General Affairs Council, the EU Member States agreed on the renewal of restrictive measures but, at the same time, agreed on the conditional suspension of the visa ban.
In the last few days, the leaders of the world, meeting at the UN in New York, agreed a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030.

Alternatives:

agreed during the last meeting
reached an agreement in the last meeting

agreed at the last meeting

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that an agreement was made as a result of the last meeting.