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chamber

[cheym-ber] / ˈtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
legislative body
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As the wall became thicker, the amount of space inside the chamber was reduced.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

State-level governments hold significant powers over areas including local education, policing and culture, while their delegates sit in the federal government's second chamber – the Bundesrat.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

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

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

Building the facilities needed to keep pace with demand was especially challenging, defence expert Maximilian Epp from the chamber of commerce told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

I only have a limited amount of room in my laboratory chamber, so I have to be judicious about what samples I collect.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Two chambers, two vehicles, one bill they have not yet agreed on.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

As in New Mexico, the final bill passed both chambers unanimously and enjoyed strong support from the governor.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Olmedo held a hearing in chambers on the reason for the change in legal representation, but sealed the transcript of the hearing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Four of the six individuals were sisters and daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat II. They had been placed in matching underground burial chambers.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

For months, special British units had been secretly digging tunnels under the German positions, leading to nineteen underground chambers packed with a million pounds of explosives.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

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 envying.”

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr

"Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness," &c.

From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey




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