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chamber

[cheym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a similarly failed constitutional amendment for the upper congressional chamber last year.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

Before the war, trade between Kuwait and Iran was robust, totalling roughly $300 million in 2024, according to Kuwaiti media citing the two countries' joint chamber of commerce.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

A packed Commons chamber, with curveball questions, hostile opposition politicians and the biggest TV and online audience of the week will be a world away from his nine years as Mayor of Greater Manchester.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Phil all-Beethoven chamber music concert on March 14, a dozen days before the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Now she was stepping around her chamber pot.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

At 08:28 on Monday 7 July, an email from the judge's chambers popped into the inboxes of the lawyers in the case.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But during a search of his vehicle, investigators said, they recovered a revolver and additional ammunition, as well as speed loaders, which allow multiple chambers of a gun to be loaded at once.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

“Obviously I’m here for another term,” Justice Alito, 76, says a month later, during a rare summertime visit to his chambers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Earlier experiments could continue for only fractions of a second because longer operation would cause the combustion chambers to melt.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

He winks before his attendant leads him to the bathing chambers.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Despite its many levels of jokes and meta-jokes, Inside is one of the most sincere artistic responses to the 21st century so far: a beautiful, intricate chambered nautilus shell filled with loathing.

From Slate May 31, 2021

He’ll stand in front of the TV on one foot with his knee chambered just like van Damme.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

Gin ye store the money ye hae scrapit by mony a hard bargain, some heir ye never saw 'ill gar it flee in chambering and wantonness.

From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren

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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