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chamber

[chaym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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Such a chamber would form part of an underground volcanic system that could continue releasing gases even without producing visible eruptions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The “Ring” is largely a chamber drama with a cosmic orchestra and some of the most difficult and beautiful vocal music ever written.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Senate, making him the first out gay man elected to the chamber.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's US Senate race over former Republican lawmaker Mike Rogers, US networks said early Wednesday, making him the first Muslim elected to the upper chamber of Congress.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

It was not till after I had withdrawn to my own chamber for the night, that I steadily reviewed the tale Mr. Rochester had told me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Though some of these measures passed one or both chambers, Congress has not been able to enforce them.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Never before have Latinos occupied the top spots in both chambers of the Legislature and the governor’s mansion simultaneously, Rivas told the cheering crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The nation's spy chief, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess, warned last year politically motivated violence was among the agency's fastest growing security concerns, driven by "grievance narratives, conspiracies and online echo chambers".

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

To confirm their findings, the team also used an independent measurement technique involving airtight chambers placed directly on the soil surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“One day when I own this place, we could turn these into offices and rent them out,” Frankie said as we passed two doorless chambers.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

The strike of the hammer on the chambered shell needs a specific amount of force to detonate the primer.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2023

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

A saw gumming, gulleting or chambering machine to be operated by hand, and constructed by Henry Disston & Sons, is illustrated in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose


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