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chamber

[cheym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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One of the most striking arrangements was located in the southeastern part of the chamber.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

The chamber of commerce interim president Eliot Lincoln said he didn't want the minimum wage to be scrapped but believed it could not continue to rise in the way it had in previous years.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Several House members nevertheless expressed reservations about the bill, suggesting that passage in the lower chamber could be more difficult than in the Senate.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Yet Gloria, like everyone else in this refined chamber piece, has more than one side to her nature.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed!—to peep up at chamber lattices, fearing life was astir behind them!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

This month, members of both parties introduced it in both chambers of Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Already set to retire at the end of the year, it’s becoming clear that McConnell is never coming back to the Senate chambers.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

A parliamentary committee will review the urgency of the measure, which will then be examined by both deputies and senators and will only be thrown out if rejected by both chambers.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The researchers next placed the larvae inside miniature pressure chambers to determine how much pressure the air sacs could withstand before collapsing.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Some tunnels were claustrophobic while others opened onto huge stone chambers.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The complex family tree of a Neolithic clan buried in a chambered tomb called Hazleton North shows the promise of DNA to reveal ancient relationships.

From Science Magazine Oct. 4, 2023

Other sites from the same period in history are close by, and include a stone circle at Torbreck and chambered cairn at Culduthel in Inverness.

From BBC Sep. 26, 2023

Maybe some drawings — especially the chambered spaces of domestic interiors, which can be quite complex — are more sophisticated than others in the subtlety of execution, suggesting skill developed over time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2023

In 2012, one in five rifles sold chambered in .223 Remington was AR-15-type rifles, according to the research firm Southwick Associates Inc.

From Washington Times Jun. 13, 2022

But his eyes are gray and chambered and shallow, and after a moment he returns to his spirals.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Inspired by a hybrid of several technologies — pneumatics, mechanical springs and hydraulics — the semi-automatic rifle produces almost no recoil by transferring that energy into expelling shells and chambering the next rounds.

From Washington Times Jan. 19, 2023

The standard chambering for the Triple Lock was the .44 Special, although it was also offered in .38/40 and .45 Long Colt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally, Benellis are fast, spitting out empties and chambering fresh rounds more quickly than any other auto.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let us walk honestly, as in the Day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Frederick Charles Jennings

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying: 14.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren




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