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chamber

[chaym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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Alain Di Crescenzo, president of France's chamber of commerce, said businesses were worried.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The candidates elected to the Senate on Nov. 3 — one third of the chamber — will serve a six-year term beginning in January.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in line to become speaker should Democrats win control of the chamber, has said his party would repeal tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Opening the debate to a nearly full chamber, Reform UK MS for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr, Jason O'Connell, began by speaking about young men wearing balaclavas.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Although they did not know it then, the steel reactor vessel had been breached, and the radioactive fuel was oozing into the drywell, the open space in the primary containment chamber.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

A powerful earthquake in 1970 caused part of Castillo de Huarmey to collapse, exposing burial chambers containing pottery and other valuable objects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

But the main event for voters will be electing members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the two chambers that make up Congress.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That’s why stories about AI bots being put into virtual torture chambers aren’t just silly, but foregrounds the false notion that AI is capable of suffering.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

There would be a large basement with hidden chambers and a subbasement for the permanent storage of sensitive material.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Let not greediness and chambering overtake me, And give me not over to a shameless mind.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Richard Green Moulton

The chambering machine is used only in clay or other soil which does not wash readily.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette


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